Why doesn't Microsoft announce the push time of the next Win10 Mobile/PC preview in advance?

win10 10525 suddenly pushed yesterday morning (how to get Win10 10525 TH2 preview version update push and install?), before we did not receive any news, we are very curious about the next Win10 Mobile/PC preview version of Build when to push? This is probably a question that many Insider users often ask. On Twitter, Gabe Aul is basically asked this question every day.

I believe that all the friends who follow each preview before the release of Windows10 have already understood, but the number of Insiders has been rising, and new friends may not understand. For the new Build push, Microsoft does not set a fixed release date, the new Build is completed in stages, and the push is also done in batches (including fast and slow channels).

As shown in the figure, once a version meets the requirements at a certain stage, it will enter the next stage of testing. The number of versions tested in the first phase of Canary is usually two to three times that of the OSG phase, and the problematic version of this phase will not enter the OSG phase. After successively passing the OSG and Microsoft test phases, it will first be pushed to the Insider Fast Track user, and after a period of testing, if the Build meets the requirements, it will continue to push to the Insider slow channel users. While the slow channel pushes the version, it usually provides some fix updates to solve the problems found during the fast channel test phase.

Why does Microsoft not announce the push time of the next Win10 Mobile/PC preview in advance?

1. If we announce the push date in advance, we must ensure that we can push it smoothly. If there is an error in the middle, not only the user, we will be disappointed ourselves. This is also not conducive to our development progress, the team needs to let go of the burden, lightly loaded.

2, we need to give ourselves some time to fix bugs and recompile Build when needed.

3. If we have a very good version, we will not push it immediately, but wait until the scheduled time is released. We want to let users know that if we announce the release date, we will definitely push updates on time.

In short, the Win10 preview version does not have accurate time to push. Functional integration and bug fixes take time and the development process is full of uncertainty.

Gabe Aul also said on Twitter today that the new preview version of the push was completed in stages, with no specific schedule. Push will only be pushed if the build quality reaches the standard.