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'''Windows 10''' is a series of [[Microsoft Windows]] operating systems, first introduced in July 2015 after being announced in September 2014. It is the tenth overall major release in the Windows NT operating system line. It succeeded [[Windows 8.1]] and was ultimately superseded by [[Windows 11]] in October 2021. As of | '''Windows 10''' is a series of [[Microsoft Windows]] operating systems, first introduced in July 2015 after being announced in September 2014. It is the tenth overall major release in the Windows NT operating system line. It succeeded [[Windows 8.1]] and was ultimately superseded by [[Windows 11]] in October 2021. As of November 2023, operating systems from the series run on 68.02% of Windows devices.<ref>[https://gs.statcounter.com/windows-version-market-share/desktop/worldwide/#monthly-202109-202209 Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide | Statcounter Global Stats]</ref> In April 2023, Microsoft announced that [[Windows 10 2022 Update]] would be the last version of Windows 10 as support will officially end on 14 October 2025. | ||
A new release model called [[Windows as a service]] was introduced with smaller and regular feature updates, as opposed to releasing a major version of Windows every few years. Usually, these updates are a new build of the operating system, although in a few cases Microsoft released feature updates consisting of a limited set of new functionality using the regular cumulative update infrastructure. From 2017 to 2021, feature updates were released twice in a year, with one feature update being released during the second quarter and the other during the fourth quarter. The schedule was realigned in 2021 in that feature updates for Windows 10 would be released annually in order to be consistent with Windows 11's new release cadence.<ref>https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/11/16/how-to-get-the-windows-10-november-2021-update/</ref> | A new release model called [[Windows as a service]] was introduced with smaller and regular feature updates, as opposed to releasing a major version of Windows every few years. Usually, these updates are a new build of the operating system, although in a few cases Microsoft released feature updates consisting of a limited set of new functionality using the regular cumulative update infrastructure. From 2017 to 2021, feature updates were released twice in a year, with one feature update being released during the second quarter and the other during the fourth quarter. The schedule was realigned in 2021 in that feature updates for Windows 10 would be released annually in order to be consistent with Windows 11's new release cadence.<ref>https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/11/16/how-to-get-the-windows-10-november-2021-update/</ref> | ||