The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is finally starting to find its way to users. That’s what a new report from AdDuplex says. The update is still terribly behind its predecessors, while the next feature update is already waiting in the wings.
Of the more than 100,000 [Windows 10] pcs analyzed, only 12.4 percent run the October Update, it sounds in the report. Although the figures from AdDuplex, an advertising network for Windows applications, cannot be extrapolated on a one-to-one basis to the entire Windows population, they generally reflect the trends well.
The October 2018 Update (Windows 10 1809) therefore runs on twice as many devices as a month ago, but is still a long way from the April 2018 Update, which has a market share of more than 80 percent.
If the October update does not shift up a gear, we may find ourselves in April in a situation where a large number of users switch directly from last year’s April update to this year’s new update (Windwows 19H1, version 1903). The October Update has grown steadily over the last few months, but it should clearly accelerate in February or be deleted altogether in favor of going straight to 19H1, according to AdDuplex.
Difficult update
The course of the Windows 10 October 2018 Update was anything but flawless. The installation files were originally made available at the beginning of October, but were soon taken offline again due to a bug that made files disappear.
Microsoft solved the problem, promised to restore the lost files and felt confident enough in mid-November to put the update files back online. 24 hours later, however, bugs were found again and Microsoft blocked the update on a lot of machines.
It wasn’t until mid-December that the October update was offered again via Windows Update for users who manually search for new updates. Since mid-January, a phased automatic roll-out has been underway.
Related: Windows 10 October 2018 Update: 6 functions to try right away
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