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Windows 10’s October 2018 Update is Out Now: The Best Features and How to Get It

Author: Chris Hoffman / Source: How-To Geek

Microsoft released Windows 10’s October 2018 Update on October 2, 2018. Your PC may not automatically install this update for a few weeks, but you can download it now to get the latest features immediately.

The Best Features in Windows 10’s October 2018 Update

Windows 10’s October 2018 Update was codenamed Redstone 5 during the Insider Preview development process, and is also known as Windows 10 version 1809.

It focuses on features you might actually use. There’s no new Paint 3D-style app here.

This latest Windows 10 update includes a Your Phone app that lets you text from your PC and instantly access photos from your phone on your PC, assuming you’re using an Android phone. Fewer features are available to iPhone users, but the “Continue on PC” feature will let you quickly send links from an Android phone or iPhone to your PC. Notification syncing from Android phones to PCs is coming soon, too.

Microsoft has also added a new clipboard history feature you can access by pressing Windows+V. This clipboard history can sync between all your PCs, and will one day sync to the SwiftKey keyboard on your phone for easy copy-pasting.

Unfortunately, the “Sets” feature that added tabs to every application on your system was removed from the final update and has been delayed. It might appear in Windows 10’s next update.