Windows 10 updates are going to get a lot smaller to download

Microsoft continues to be promising smaller updates to Windows 10, through various methods, for which seems like years, but the clients are now begiing to test a new Unified Update Platform (UUP) that can make an impact. "One of the biggest community and customer benefits of cheap office 2010 home and business is the reduction you will see in download size on PCs," explains Bill Karagounis, a Windows program manager, inside a blog post on UUP today. "We have converged technologies within our build and publishing systems to enable differential downloads for all devices built around the Mobile and PC OS."

Differential downloads only include the changes which have been pushed out since you last updated a Windows 10 PC. This new change will debut with the Windows 10 Creators Update that's expected to get to March, but Windows Insiders can start testing we've got the technology in the current latest build update for mobile devices. Microsoft will begin rolling this to office 2016 home and business builds later this year, alongside HoloLens devices. Xbox One devices ruing Windows 10 won't take advantage of UUP as Microsoft distributes operating-system updates to consoles using different ways.

The real benefit for Windows 10 users will be when they move from one major update to another, as Microsoft expects download sizes to decrease by around 35 percent. This is a great saving for those on low-bandwidth coections, or people with internet caps. This new technology could also help Microsoft roll out changes to Windows 10 machines a lot faster.

Microsoft has successfully updated a lot more than 400 million buy cheap microsoft office devices, and also the company now ships out beta builds to Windows Insiders on a weekly basis. That's a big change from not too long ago, and it will likely shape the road for Windows later on.