14 DAY TRIAL // With Windows 10, Microsoft has made a change that seems to upset the majority of users who have already installed the new operating system: update information is no longer provided unless there's something worth mentioning.
Otherwise, the only release information we get is the typical “improvements and performance optimizations” statement that says basically nothing about a specific update. And in most of the cases, these updates also bring a series of other changes that Windows 10 users have to discover on their own.
As a result, in the last few months, users have been asking Microsoft to release update information on pretty much every single feedback channel. And a new suggestion posted in the Windows 10 Feedback app is rapidly getting votes, with nearly 1,000 received only in the last week.
“If you don't tell me what you have updated I have no idea about new features, fixed problems, etc. Just silently updating things helps no one. Not the user, the developer and not yourselves. Please put up a change list or at the very least a notification so we at least know what to look at. This is insane!” the suggestion reads.
Microsoft still says “no”
While Microsoft still remains tight-lipped on this, the company previously did mention that release information for consumers wouldn't be provided, as the majority of users simply want to install the update and nothing more.
Terry Myerson, head of the OS group at Microsoft, revealed that Enterprise users could actually receive detailed change logs for operating system updates at some point in the future, but as far as those running Windows 10 Home and Pro are concerned, no change was planned.
Microsoft, however, claims it's improving Windows 10 based on user feedback, and given the huge amount of suggestions asking for update information, it'll be interesting to see how the company copes with this one.