Windows 10 Anniversary Update starts rolling out

What’s new with Windows 10 Anniversary Update:

Windows Ink: Microsoft does inking on a digital canvas better than anyone else out there. With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Microsoft is creating a new environment for Surface Pen and other devices supporting styluses. Windows Ink is basically an environment inside Windows 10 with its own canvas for taking notes, sketching on a screenshot or even create a new idea with Pen.

Windows Ink is essentially a way to interact on the screen only with Pen and Microsoft has gone ahead to build an actual ruler to take full advantage of sketching objects on the screen.

Windows 10 Anniversary Update brings Cortana directly to the lockscreen (Source: Microsoft)

Cortana: With Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Cortana will be accessible even from the lockscreen. With the new update, Windows 10 users can ask Cortana to play music or set reminder directly from the lockscreen.

Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge, the lightweight desktop browser which co-exists with Internet Explorer now set gets extensions. Microsoft has been pushing Edge as faster and more battery efficient than Chrome and with the new update, Edge can also claim to be more productive and useful. The most notable extensions available right now include Adblock, LastPass, Pinterest Pin It Button and Amazon Assistant.

Windows Store: Microsoft is also unifying the Windows Store and Xbox apps into one platform. With Windows 10 Anniversary update, users can access apps, games, music, videos including games for Windows 10 and Xbox right from the Windows Store.

Windows 10 Anniversary update also offers a new preview of Skype integrated with Action Center (Source: Microsoft)

Skype Preview: With Windows 10, Microsoft made it confusing whether to use Skype app or use the native app built into Windows. With Anniversary update, Microsoft is unifying that to make a new Skype Preview app which will come installed with every Windows 10 PC. Skype Preview app makes accessing calls, video calls and group video calls easier than ever before. Its integrated with Windows Action Center for quick notifications if you miss any call.

The Windows 10 Anniversary update is rolling out to over 350 million computers in phases and can also bought separately for those upgrading from Windows 8.1 or Windows 7.