New emoji picker – Now with updated emoji design, searchable GIF library and integration with clipboard history (this will still also be available via the Windows Key + V shortcut).

You can disable this by heading to Settings > Apps > Startup, while there will still be options here to turn off any apps you don’t want to automatically launch

Startup app notifications – Each time you start up your PC (from off), you’ll receive a notification telling you which apps are set to launch each time you boot.

DNS options moved from Control Panel to Settings – The continued phasing out of Control Panel will see these options moved to the regular Settings menu.

Currently, this is only available in browsers like Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge and Mozilla Firefox

System-wide DNS over HTTPS – DNS generally improves privacy and provides greater security by encrypting DNS lookups, which happen each and every time you launch a website.

It’s not clear whether some of the following features simply weren’t considered noteworthy enough for the blog post, or if we’ll have to wait longer.

How-To Geek article (based on an Insider Build from February 2021 suggested lots more features would be coming, although that was long before Windows 11 was announced. Close and reopen the Windows Update settings page if you encounter this The Windows Update settings page may hang after you download an optional update.Subsequent blog post explains, several bugs have been fixed and there is one known issue at the time of writing, along with a suggested solution: Official blog post used to announce the update, Microsoft also confirmed that you’ll benefit from a fast installation process if you’re already running These are useful features, but they’re unlikely to have a significant on how you use your Windows 10 PC day-to-day. GPU compute support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Azure IoT Edge for Linux on Windows (EFLOW) deployments for machine learning and other compute intensive workflows.Windows Hello for Business supports simplified password-less deployment models for achieving a deploy-to-run state within a few minutes.Adding WPA3 H2E standards support for enhanced Wi-Fi security.

Official blog post as above, Microsoft revealed only three new features of note: It may end up being Windows 10’s last feature update though, even if the OS will continue to be

That’s not to say that Windows 10 won’t get any more attention, and Microsoft has gone ahead with the 21H2 update. It’s the culmination of the ‘Sun Valley’ project Microsoft has been working on for much of the last year, so almost all the exciting features will be arriving in this brand-new version of Windows.

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