It remains to be seen how Windows-as-a-service works when Microsoft is servicing two slightly (but increasingly) different versions of Windows in parallel. The 'Windows-as-a-service' model as originally pitched was supposed to alleviate the fragmentation between different versions of Windows and to remove the need for feature backporting in the first place. As of April 2023, the latest major update to Windows 10 is Windows 10 Version 22H2, referred to as the WindUpdate. But there are already some features that are currently exclusive to Windows 11-including 64-bit x86 app emulation on the ARM version of Windows 10, the faster-to-update Microsoft Store version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux, the Windows Subsystem for Android in its entirety, and most of the updated first-party apps-and we'd expect that list to grow rather than shrink. We will scan your computer and provide you with a selection of updates tailored just for you. Microsoft does have a history of backporting some apps and APIs to older versions of Windows to increase adoption of new technologies and reduce the amount of work developers need to do. Get the latest updates available for your computers operating system, software, and hardware.

While more Windows 10 updates will be welcome news for anyone who isn't ready to move to Windows 11 or whose hardware doesn't support the new OS, it's not clear what 'feature updates' will entail for an operating system that has been replaced.

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