[Changelog] What’s New in Windows 10 October 2018 Update (Version 1809)

When Microsoft released April 2018 Update of Windows 10 to public, the company started releasing builds for the next version of Windows 10 codenamed as Redstone 5.

Now the new Windows 10 October 2018 Update has been released to public which is the 6th major update released for Windows 10 operating system. It is also referred as RedStone 5, Build 17763, Version 1809, Windows 10.6 and Windows 10 Service Pack 6 (SP6).

In this article, we’ll list all changes, improvements and new features found in October 2018 Update build.

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 April 2018 Update (Version 1803) Changelog

So let’s start the changelog of Windows 10 October 2018 Update builds:

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17604 Changelog:

Build 17604 was the 1st Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on February 14, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Emoji design updates
• Emoji search support for more languages
• Now you can control permissions for UWP apps
• New “Ultimate Performance” power plan/scheme in power options (How-to Guide)
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17618 Changelog:

Build 17618 was the 2nd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on March 07, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• “Sets” feature is back which allows users to use multiple apps in a tabbed interface. It now also supports desktop (Win32) apps (Related)
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17623 Changelog:

Build 17623 was the 3rd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on March 16, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• The Photos app now supports viewing High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) files
• Safe remove experience for external GPUs connected via Thunderbolt 3
• Improvements to Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG) (More Info)
• The links in Windows Mail app now open in Microsoft Edge web browser
• Cortana section in Settings renamed to “Cortana & Search”
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17627 Changelog:

Build 17627 was the 4th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on March 21, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• When a process in Task Manager is suspended, or has suspended child processes, you’ll now see an icon indicating as much in the Status column of the Processes tab
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17634 Changelog:

Build 17634 was the 5th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on March 29, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Now you can use search feature in Calendar app
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17639 Changelog:

Build 17639 was the 6th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on April 04, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Sets feature
• Calculator app updated to now correctly calculate square roots for perfect squares (More Info)
• The slider to change display brightness removed from Control Panel -> Power Options and the “Display Brightness” section under Power Options Advanced Settings
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17643 Changelog:

Build 17643 was the 7th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on April 12, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Sets feature
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge
• Improvements to Data Sense
• Improvements to Magnifier
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17650 Changelog:

Build 17650 was the 8th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on April 19, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Windows Defender Security Center (WDSC) gets Fluent Design support
• Windows Defender Firewall now supports Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) processes
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17655 Changelog:

Build 17655 was the 9th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on April 25, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• New and improved Mobile Broadband (MBB/LTE) USB class driver based on Net Adapter framework
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17661 Changelog:

Build 17661 was the 10th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on May 03, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• New Screen Snip & Sketch app to take screenshots quickly and easily (How-to Guide)
• Acrylic (soft blur effect) in Task View background
• Windows Defender Security Center is now called Windows Security
• Improvements to Focus Assist – Notifications no longer show while playing games or watching full-screen videos (More Info)
• More sound settings moved to Settings app
• Improvements to Microsoft Pinyin and Wubi IMEs
• Improvements to High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) support
• When you hover over the Windows icon in the taskbar, a tooltip will now appear for Start
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17666 Changelog:

Build 17666 was the 11th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on May 09, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Sets feature
• New cloud-based clipboard feature which can be accessed by pressing WIN+V hotkey (More Info)
• Dark mode theme support in File Explorer (This PC)
• Extended line endings support for Notepad
• Now you can search for selected word or phrase in Notepad on Bing (More Info)
• Improvements to Cortana search
• Improvements to Start Menu
• Settings app now shows FAQ and help information taken from Bing search engine
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17672 Changelog:

Build 17672 was the 12th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on May 16, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• The Windows Security Center (WSC) service now requires antivirus products to run as a protected process to register. Products that have not yet implemented this will not appear in the Windows Security UI, and Windows Defender Antivirus will remain enabled side-by-side with these products. (How-to Disable Guide)
• You can now refresh the Books pane in Microsoft Edge using a pull gesture.
• When you pin books to Start from Microsoft Edge you will now see a live tile that cycles between the book cover and your current completion progress.
• When printing PDFs from Microsoft Edge, you’ll find a new option to choose the scale of your print out (Actual size, or Fit to page).
• Timeline feature has been updated so that in addition to seeing the number of available tabs to restore associated with a particular Sets activity, you can now cycle through them.
• When you hover over the leaf icon in Task Manager’s Status column, you will now see a tooltip describing what it means (this app is suspending processes to help improve system performance).
• In addition to showing Bluetooth battery level in Settings for supported devices, you will now see a notification when one of those devices is low on battery.
• If you’ve enabled WSL, you’ll now see an option to “Open Linux Shell here” when you Shift+Right-click on the whitespace of a File Explorer folder. (How-to Remove Guide)
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17677 Changelog:

Build 17677 was the 13th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on May 24, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• New redesigned clearer “Settings and more” (…) menu in Microsoft Edge
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge web browser
• Improvements to Narrator
• Improvements to kernel debugging
• Improvements to Task Manager memory reporting
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17682 Changelog:

Build 17682 was the 14th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on May 31, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Sets feature
• Improvements to wireless projection
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge web browser
• RSAT is now available on demand
• New post-upgrade screen to help users setup their devices
• Settings homepage may show tips and suggestions as a part of experiment. If you see one of these, you can choose to opt out by clicking the “…” in the top corner
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17686 Changelog:

Build 17686 was the 15th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on June 06, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• “Region & language” section under “Settings -> Time & Language” page divided into 2 separate sections
• “Game DVR” section renamed to “Captures” under “Settings -> Gaming” page
• Windows 10 now shows popup notification if some access has been blocked in Privacy settings
• Improvements to Windows Mixed Reality
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17692 Changelog:

Build 17692 was the 16th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on June 14, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• SwiftKey typing support in touch keyboard
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge
• Now you can change screen text size using “Settings -> Ease of Access -> Display -> Make everything bigger” page (How-to Guide)
• Improvements to Narrator
• Improvements to Game Bar
• Improvements to Game Mode
• Improvements to Search
• Improvements to Windows Mixed Reality
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17704 Changelog:

Build 17704 was the 17th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on June 27, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Sets feature has been removed from this build
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge including new beta logo, UI changes, redesigned ‘…’ menu and settings
• Improvements to Skype
• Improvements to Diagnostic Data Viewer including direct view problem reports
• New “Adjust video based on lighting” option in “Settings -> Apps -> Video playback” page
• New “View typing insights” option in “Settings -> Devices -> Typing” page (How-to Disable Guide)
• Now non-admin users can also install new fonts
• If clipboard history isn’t enabled, you can now enable it straight from WIN+V
• Improvements to XAML based text boxes
• Improvements to Windows security
• Improvements to Task Manager
• Improvements to Ease of Access and Narrator
• Improvements to Windows Mixed Reality
• To improve clarity, “Settings -> Privacy -> Speech, Inking & typing” has been separated into two sections: “Settings -> Privacy -> Speech” and “Settings -> Privacy -> Inking & typing personalization”
• Ease of Access flyout on the login screen updated so that Narrator now has an on / off toggle
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17711 Changelog:

Build 17711 was the 18th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on July 06, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Microsoft Edge web browser
• Improvements to Fluent Design including added depth in form of shadows for modern popup type controls
• New Windows HD Color page is now available under Display Settings
• Improvements to Registry Editor including a drop-down as you type to help complete the next part of the path
• The acrylic background removed from Task View
• The Remove access icon in the Share tab in File Explorer has been updated to more modern
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17713 Changelog:

Build 17713 was the 19th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on July 11, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Microsoft Edge web browser
• Improvements to Notepad
• Azure Active Directory and Active Directory users using Windows Hello for Business can use biometrics to authenticate to a remote desktop session
• New “Web sign-in” option to sign into Windows 10
• Faster sign-in to a Windows 10 shared PC
• Improvements to Windows Defender Application Guard (WDAG)
• The embedded handwriting is now the default experience for text entry with a pen in modern applications
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17723 Changelog:

Build 17723 was the 20th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on July 25, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Windows Mixed Reality
• Improvements to Microsoft Edge web browser
• New emojis
• Time Accuracy and Traceability improvements
• Improved Kiosk Setup Experience
• Improvements to Windows Update
• Improvements to Game Bar
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17728 Changelog:

Build 17728 was the 21st Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on July 31, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• New “Your Phone” app
• Improvements to Narrator
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17730 Changelog:

Build 17730 was the 22nd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 03, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Faster Safer Internet with HTTP/2 and CUBIC
• “Block Suspicious Behaviors” feature removed from Windows Security
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17733 Changelog:

Build 17733 was the 23rd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 08, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Dark mode theme in File Explorer (This PC) is now fully functional (Review)
• XAML shadow feature removed
• Improvements to Narrator
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17735 Changelog:

Build 17735 was the 24th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 10, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Narrator
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17738 Changelog:

Build 17738 was the 25th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 14, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17741 Changelog:

Build 17741 was the 26th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 17, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Updated Emoji Panel to now support search and tooltips for the Emoji 11 emoji
• Updated the image size limit for clipboard history (WIN+V) from 1MB to 4MB to accommodate the potential size of full screen screenshots taken on a high-DPI devices
• Made some adjustments to improve the amount of CPU that cdpusersvc uses
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17744 Changelog:

Build 17744 was the 27th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 21, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17746 Changelog:

Build 17746 was the 28th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 24, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17751 Changelog:

Build 17751 was the 29th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Aug 31, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17754 Changelog:

Build 17754 was the 30th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Sep 05, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17755 Changelog:

Build 17755 was the 31st Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Sep 07, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17758 Changelog:

Build 17758 was the 32nd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Sep 11, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Improvements to Storage Sense feature
• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17760 Changelog:

Build 17760 was the 33rd Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Sep 14, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

Windows 10 Build 10.0.17763 Changelog:

Build 17763 was the 34th Insider Preview build of Windows 10 released after RS4 build. It was released on Sep 18, 2018. This new build arrived via new “RS5” (RedStone5) development branch.

• Bug fixes and general improvements

This build was released to public as Windows 10 October 2018 Update (version 1809) on October 02, 2018.

We tried to cover all major changes and new features present in various Windows 10 testing builds released after April 2018 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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