[Changelog] What’s New in Windows 10 November 2019 Update (Version 1909)

After releasing Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) to public, Microsoft started focusing on the next Windows 10 feature update which was codenamed as 19H2.

Recently Microsoft announced that 19H2 will be called Windows 10 November 2019 Update and it’ll be released to public in late November this year.

Now the new Windows 10 November 2019 Update has been released to public which is the 8th major update released for Windows 10 operating system. It is also referred as 19H2, Build 18363, Version 1909, Windows 10.8 and Windows 10 Service Pack 8 (SP8).

November 2019 feature update brings performance improvements and quality enhancements and will be delivered to Windows 10 users who are using Windows 10 May 2019 Update in their computers. November 2019 update is delivered using servicing technology (similar to the monthly cumulative update process).

Read More: 19H2 will be Small Service Pack Release for Windows 10

In this article, we’ll list all changes, improvements and new features found in November 2019 Update builds. It’ll help you in understanding what changes and new features have become a part of the new version of Windows 10 operating system.

Previous changelog: Windows 10 May 2019 Update (Version 1903) Changelog

So let’s start the changelog of Windows 10 November 2019 Update builds:

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10000 Changelog:

Build 18362.10000 was the 1st Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on July 01, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• Two behind-the-scenes changes designed for OEMs and didn’t contain anything visible to users

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10005 Changelog:

Build 18362.10005 was the 2nd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on July 15, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• Windows containers require matched host and container version. This restricts customers and limits Windows containers from supporting mixed-version container pod scenarios. This update includes 5 fixes to address this and allow the host to run down-level containers on up-level for process (Argon) isolation.
• A fix to allow OEMs to reduce the inking latency based on the hardware capabilities of their devices rather than being stuck with latency selected on typical hardware configuration by the OS.
• Key-rolling or Key-rotation feature enables secure rolling of Recovery passwords on MDM managed AAD devices upon on demand request from Microsoft Intune/MDM tools or upon every time recovery password is used to unlock the BitLocker protected drive. This feature will help prevent accidental recovery password disclosure as part of manual BitLocker drive unlock by users.
• A change to enable third-party digital assistants to voice activate above the Lock screen.

Please note that the above mentioned changes and improvements were OFF i.e. disabled by default in this build.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10006 Changelog:

Build 18362.10006 was the 3rd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on July 17, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build turned ON i.e. enabled all the features (mentioned above) delivered as part of previous build 18362.10005.

Please note that this build was released for a subset of Windows Insiders.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10012 Changelog:

Build 18362.10012 was the 4th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on August 08, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• You can now quickly create an event straight from the Calendar fly-out on the Taskbar. Just click on the date and time at the lower right corner of the Taskbar to open the Calendar fly-out and pick your desired date and start typing in the text box. You’ll now see inline options to set a time and location.
• The navigation pane on the Start menu now expands when you hover over it with your mouse to better inform where clicking goes.
• Addition of friendly images to show what is meant by “banner” and “Action Center” when adjusting the notifications on apps in order to make these settings more approachable and understandable.
• Notifications settings under Settings -> System -> Notifications will now default to sorting notification senders by most recently shown notification, rather than sender name. This makes it easier to find and configure frequent and recent senders. A new setting is also available to turn off playing sound when notifications appear.
• Options to configure and turn off notifications from an app/website are also shown right on the notification, both as a banner and in Action Center.
• Addition of a “Manage notifications” button to the top of Action Center that launches the main “Notifications & actions” Settings page.
• Addition of additional debugging capabilities for newer Intel processors. This is only relevant for hardware manufacturers.
• General battery life and power efficiency improvements for PCs with certain processors.
• A CPU may have multiple “favored” cores (logical processors of the highest available scheduling class). To provide better performance and reliability, a rotation policy has been implemented that distributes work more fairly among these favored cores.

Please note that Windows Insiders who were on 19H2 build 18362.10005, received this build with features turned OFF i.e. disabled by default.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10013 Changelog:

Build 18362.10013 was the 5th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on August 08, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build turned ON i.e. enabled all the features (mentioned above) delivered as part of previous build 18362.10012.

Please note that Windows Insiders who were on 19H2 build 18362.10006, received this build with features turned ON i.e. enabled by default.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10014 Changelog:

Build 18362.10014 was the 6th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on August 19, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• Enabled Windows Defender Credential Guard for ARM64 devices for additional protection against credential theft for enterprises deploying ARM64 devices in their organizations.
• Enabled the ability for enterprises to supplement the Windows 10 in S Mode policy to allow traditional Win32 (desktop) apps from Microsoft Intune.
• Updated the search box in File Explorer to now be powered by Windows Search. This change will help integrate OneDrive content online with the traditional indexed results. (Review)
• Added the ability for Narrator and other assistive technologies to read and learn where the Fn key is located on keyboards and what state it is in (locked versus unlocked).

Please note that Windows Insiders who were on 19H2 build 18362.10012, received this build with features turned OFF i.e. disabled by default.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10015 Changelog:

Build 18362.10015 was the 7th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on August 19, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build turned ON i.e. enabled all the features (mentioned above) delivered as part of previous build 18362.10014.

Please note that Windows Insiders who were on 19H2 build 18362.10013, received this build with features turned ON i.e. enabled by default.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10019 Changelog:

Build 18362.10019 was the 8th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on September 05, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build turned ON i.e. enabled all the features delivered as part of previous builds 18362.10005, 18362.10012 and 18362.10014.

Please note that this build was released for all Windows Insiders with all 19H2 features turned ON i.e. enabled.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18362.10022 Changelog:

Build 18362.10022 was the 9th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on September 25, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build included improvements and fixes from KB4515384 as well as general improvements to the overall quality of 19H2.

Windows 10 Build 10.0.18363.418 Changelog:

Build 18363.418 was the 10th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after 19H1 build. It was released on October 08, 2019. This new build arrived via new “19H2” development branch.

• This build included improvements and fixes from KB4517389 as well as general improvements to the overall quality of 19H2.

This build was released to public as Windows 10 November 2019 Update (version 1909) on November 12, 2019.

We tried to cover all major changes and new features present in various Windows 10 testing builds released after May 2019 Update build. If you know about any other important feature or change which is not present in this article, feel free to share it in your comment and we’ll add it to the list.

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