Windows 10’s May 2020 Update launched on May 27, 2020. Code-named 20H1 during development, this is Windows 10 version 2004. It’s much bigger than Windows 10’s November 2019 update but still feels like a collection of useful improvements.
This post is up-to-date with the features in the final release. We originally published this article on Aug. 28, 2019, and we updated it throughout Microsoft’s development process.
How to Install the May 2020 Update Right Now
You can head to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update to find the update. Click “Check for Updates” and you may be offered the update. It may take some time for the update to appear in Windows Update after the official release. Microsoft goes through a slow update rollout process, slowly offering the latest software to more and more people while ensuring it’s stable and no bugs are popping up.
You can also download Microsoft’s Update Assistant and run it. The Update Assistant will always upgrade your Windows 10 system to the latest version, even if the update isn’t showing up in Windows Update on your PC yet. The tool skips the usual slow rollout process.
Warning: You’re skipping part of Microsoft’s testing process by updating Windows with the Update Assistant. Microsoft is already fixing a variety of problems in the update, so you might want to wait for some bugfixes before you update. If you install the update and encounter problems, here’s how you can uninstall it.
This build improves the reliability of voice assistants that use keywords and has security updates for the Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Media, Windows Kernel, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Input and Composition, Windows Shell, Windows Silicon Platform, Microsoft Xbox, the Microsoft Store, Windows Cloud Infrastructure, Windows Fundamentals, Windows Management, Windows Authentication, Windows Cryptography, Microsoft HoloLens, Windows Virtualization, Windows Peripherals, Windows Storage and Filesystems, Windows File Server and Clustering, Windows Hybrid Storage Services, the Microsoft JET Database Engine, and the Windows Update Stack. For details, see the Release Notes for June 2020 Security Updates.
There are no known issues in this build.
What IT needs to know: Because this is a security update, it should be applied relatively soon. Over the next few weeks, check for reports about problematic issues, and if all seems well, apply the update.
(Get more info about KB4557957.)
Windows 10 May 2020 Update (version 2004)
Release date: May 27, 2020
Version 2004, called the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, is the most recent update to Windows 10. This is a relatively minor update but does have a variety of new features for both users and system administrators. For more details, see: “Review: Windows 10 May 2020 Update delivers little tweaks that add up to... well, not a lot.”
Here’s a quick summary of what’s new in 2004:
- Cortana now runs as a standalone app in a resizable window. It also loses a variety of capabilities, such as playing music, controlling home devices, and working on the lock screen.
- Task Manager now displays new information, including the temperature of your GPU and your disk type.
- Settings gets many small tweaks, including adding a header with account information, and a redone network status page that combines information that used to be found on multiple pages, such as your IP address, current connection properties and data usage.
- The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) gets more features. It now uses a real Linux kernel, and is faster than previously.
- IT can now take advantage of Windows Hello biometrics logins rather than passwords, by setting that up as the default on enterprise devices.
- Installing and setting up Windows for others has been made easier thanks to new controls added to Dynamic Update, which can lead to less downtime during installation for users.
- A variety of new commands have been given to PowerShell for Delivery Optimization, a Windows networking service that reduces bandwidth consumption by sharing the work of downloading update and upgrade packages among multiple devices in business deployments.
- The security of the Chromium version of Edge has been improved, thanks to porting Application Guard to it.
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