Windows 10 updates download faster now

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Microsoft has decreased the size of updates for Windows 10 significantly, which means that they will download faster now.

Back in 2021, Microsoft announced that it has cut the size of updates for Windows 11 by an average of 40 percent. The technical article explains that Microsoft implemented new compression technology to cut down on the size of updates for the operating system.

Now, two-and-a-half years later, the improvement is coming to Windows 10. Microsoft says that it is bringing the Windows 11 functionality to Windows 10 to decrease the size of Windows 10's monthly cumulative update packages.

Microsoft confirmed the change in the improvement section of update KB5036979, the preview update it released recently: "Starting April 23, 2024, the LCU will no longer have the reverse differentials. The client will generate the reverse update data. This change will help to reduce the LCU package size by about 20%.

This change also offers a few advantages".

The technology requires Windows 10 version 22H2, which is the latest version of the operating system.

Smaller updates offer several benefits to the user and organization. Besides the obvious, they download faster, they reduce bandwidth usage and network traffic, and offer improved performance on slow connections, according to Microsoft.
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