{"id":3837,"date":"2019-11-13T15:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/?p=3837"},"modified":"2019-11-13T15:43:43","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T03:43:43","slug":"windows-10-1909-whats-in-the-latest-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/?p=3837","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 1909 &#8211; what&#8217;s in the latest update?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16.1&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div><strong>At last \u2013 Windows 10 1909 \u2013 the long awaited second Windows 10 update for 2019.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Were you waiting for it?\u00a0 Actually it\u2019s unlikely!\u00a0 In fact the first update, from March, is only just rolling out now, so it will be some time before this version hits your PC or laptop.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>So, what can you expect?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div>On the surface, <strong>its mainly minor feature updates.<\/strong>\u00a0 Behind the scenes, there is more cloud connectivity, and more security and manageability, but that\u2019s really just of interest to the tech teams.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In common daily use, <strong>you can expect digital assistants<\/strong> (Alexa anyone? \u2013 or Cortana?) <strong>to sync in with the lock screen,<\/strong> which makes sense if you use these tools.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3838 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Calendar-187x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Its hard to excited about the second touted feature, the ability to <strong>add appointments from the taskbar without going into your calendar<\/strong> \u2013 personally I have literally NEVER thought, wow, if only I could do that \u2013 and its unlikely that thought will change!<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Notify-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3840 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Notify-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Actually, there is one new feature I am excited about.\u00a0 That\u2019s the ability to <strong>further dial down those annoying notifications that pop up.<\/strong>\u00a0 Nothing is more disruptive than being distracted by a message that adds no value to your work.\u00a0 Now you can get more control over which apps and websites notify you, which email senders will interrupt you and how a notification appears.\u00a0\u00a0 For me, that\u2019s a winner.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Finally, there is a promise to <strong>make your laptop battery last longer.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s see!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For more information, and image sources for this article, refer to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/documentation\/\u00a0<\/a><\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At last \u2013 Windows 10 1909 \u2013 the long awaited second Windows 10 update for 2019.\u00a0 Were you waiting for it?\u00a0 Actually it\u2019s unlikely!\u00a0 In fact the first update, from March, is only just rolling out now, so it will be some time before this version hits your PC or laptop. So, what can you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3179,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div><strong>At last \u2013 Windows 10 1909 \u2013 the long awaited second Windows 10 update for 2019.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Were you waiting for it?\u00a0 Actually it\u2019s unlikely!\u00a0 In fact the first update, from March, is only just rolling out now, so it will be some time before this version hits your PC or laptop.<\/div>\n<div>[wow_spacing size=\"20px\"]<\/div>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">[wow_colorme]<strong>So, what can you expect?<\/strong>[\/wow_colorme]<\/h4>\n<div>On the surface, <strong>its mainly minor feature updates.<\/strong>\u00a0 Behind the scenes, there is more cloud connectivity, and more security and manageability, but that\u2019s really just of interest to the tech teams.<\/div>\n<div>[wow_spacing size=\"10px\"]<\/div>\n<div>In common daily use, <strong>you can expect digital assistants<\/strong> (Alexa anyone? \u2013 or Cortana?) <strong>to sync in with the lock screen,<\/strong> which makes sense if you use these tools.<\/div>\n<div>[wow_spacing size=\"10px\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3838 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Calendar-187x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/>[wow_spacing size=\"10px\"]<\/div>\n<div>Its hard to excited about the second touted feature, the ability to <strong>add appointments from the taskbar without going into your calendar<\/strong> \u2013 personally I have literally NEVER thought, wow, if only I could do that \u2013 and its unlikely that thought will change!<\/div>\n<div>[wow_spacing size=\"10px\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Notify-1.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-3840 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/kinetics.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1909W10Notify-1-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>Actually, there is one new feature I am excited about.\u00a0 That\u2019s the ability to <strong>further dial down those annoying notifications that pop up.<\/strong>\u00a0 Nothing is more disruptive than being distracted by a message that adds no value to your work.\u00a0 Now you can get more control over which apps and websites notify you, which email senders will interrupt you and how a notification appears.\u00a0\u00a0 For me, that\u2019s a winner.<\/div>\n<div>[wow_spacing size=\"10px\"]<\/div>\n<div>Finally, there is a promise to <strong>make your laptop battery last longer.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Let\u2019s see!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0[wow_spacing size=\"20px\"]<\/div>\n<div>For more information, and image sources for this article, refer to [wow_colorme]<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-insider\/at-home\/whats-new-wip-at-home-1909\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/windows-insider\/at-home\/whats-new-wip-at-home-1909\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>[\/wow_colorme]<\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.kinetics.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}