Windows 10 20H2: The first information is revealed

20H1 (2004 Update or May 2020 Update) is a major and very important feature update of Windows 10 in 2020, which is expected to be released to global users in May.

The 20H1 update, codenamed 'Vibranium', has not yet been officially launched, but the first information about the next 20H2 version has begun to be shared. According to the newly revealed information, the 20H2 update will be codenamed Manganese (Manganese, a chemical element in the periodic table with the Mn symbol and the atomic number of 25).

You may not notice it, but the code name for major updates to Windows 10 is usually given by a chemical periodic table. This is an idea put forward and unified by the Azure engineer team and the Windows 10. development team. So it is likely that after Manganese, the codename of the next Windows 10 update will be Iron (Iron) - an original The chemical element in the periodic table has the symbol Fe and the atomic number equal to 26.

In the Preview builds of Windows 10, if you run the Get-VMhostSupportedVersion command in PowerShell, the operating system will list all supported VM configurations on your computer and you can see the code name 'Manganese' displayed on the side. after the May 2020 Update.

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 The code name 'Manganese' is listed behind the May 2020 Update.

Similarly, the Preview builds of Windows 10 also refer to the Iron identifier. After the Manganese update is released in late 2020, the Iron version is likely to be released in early 2021.

Microsoft currently maintains plans to release two new feature updates for Windows 10 each year, around May and October or April and November, depending on the actual situation. The Windows team is currently completing final testing and evaluation for Windows 10 20H1 (May 2020 Update) on the Release Preview Ring. If nothing changes, this update will be released to Windows 10 users around the world exactly in May.

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