Windows 10 anniversary update confirmed for August 2; will stop forced updates

Microsoft Windows 10 anniversary update could arrive on August 2. The operating system is already on 300 million devices

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Microsoft Windows 10 anniversary update could arrive on August 2. The operating system is already on 300 million devices

Microsoft has confirmed the anniversary update for its Windows 10 operating system will release on August 2. Microsoft had initially put out a blog post noting the availability of anniversary update and has now pulled down that page. Now the official confirmation has come from Microsoft’s Corporate VP, Yusuf Mehdi.

Yusuf in a tweet announced that Windows 10 is now running on over 350 million devices and the anniversary innovations will be available to all existing Windows 10 users starting from August 2.

Over 350M active #Windows10 devices! We want to thank you with great new innovations in the Anniversary Update. 1/10 pic.twitter.com/xKl4ITyryv

— Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) June 29, 2016

At Build 2016, the company had announced the anniversary update with support for new ink features and improvements to Hello and Cortana virtual assistant. The anniversary update should come out somewhere around that time and August 2, could well be that date.

Microsoft Windows 10 was launched in July 29, 2015 and the company has surpassed over 300 million installations since that date. Microsoft Windows 10 was made available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users as a free update.

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Microsoft has been under criticism for forcing users to download the Windows 10 update. Some users have even reported that their computers downloaded update without user content.

Microsoft, however, seems to have had a change of mind with Windows 10 update prompt. According to Silicon Beat, users will now have an option to decline the Windows 10 update.

The new Microsoft upgrade prompt will offer option to either upgrade now, schedule or decline the offer. Microsoft, which plans to roll out the update for Windows 7 and 8.x users later this week, will make it easier for them to decline it.

Microsoft’s senior director for Windows, Lisa Gurry, in a statement to the site said the company decided to change the Windows 10 prompt after some users complained the alert boxes were confusing. Users had earlier reported that their computers downloaded update without user content.

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The Redmond based giant will also provide free tech support to users facing trouble with installing Windows 10 update. Microsoft says it will charge $119 for Windows 10 update after the first year free offer.