Windows 10 Insiders will now be prompted to update to latest builds

Microsoft had announced its plans of Windows x expiration timeline earlier this summertime. Following this, the company has at present decided to follow the aforementioned route for Insider builds. Dona Sarkar shared today that the Windows Insiders on the Fast ring will now run into prompts to update their Windows 10 devices to the electric current version if they oasis't done so in a while.

Here's what Sarkar posted before today (emphasis is ours):

But equally nosotros've always done with pre-release versions of Windows, Insider Preview builds have expiration dates. Starting tomorrow September 15th, PCs running actually old Insider Preview builds will starting time to come across build expiration notifications once a day. Then on October 1st, these PCs will commencement rebooting every 3 hours and then on October 15th – these PCs will stop booting all together. If your PC is running one of these old Insider Preview builds, delight make sure you update to Build 14926 via Settings > Update & security > Windows Update. Build 14926 has an updated expiration date of May 1st, 2022. If your PC is running the Windows ten Anniversary Update (Build 14393) in the Slow and Release Preview rings today – this does not apply to you and you volition not be notified of your build expiring.

Equally mentioned higher up, this will go into effect from tomorrow September 15th. Microsoft has just released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14926 to both PCs and Mobile. The latest Insider Preview brings in a couple of new features and a long listing of bug fixes. If you lot want to avoid these nagging prompts, you should consider updating your machines to the latest Preview builds. Another way to avert these prompts is to motility to Slow or Release Preview rings.

Windows x rewards

Pushing its Border browser and Bing forward, Microsoft has as well announced "more than ways to go rewarded" with the company. Microsoft is offering its users and Insiders to "earn points for searching with Bing, shopping at the Windows and Microsoft stores, and browsing the web with Microsoft Edge." You volition be able to redeem these points for Xbox or Windows gift cards. Before, Microsoft had shared tests to show that Border works more efficiently with Windows ten devices as compared to Chrome. Whether these tests and rewards are helping the company or not, is withal to be seen. For at present, users tin can savor some perks coming their way.

- Official announcement