Windows 10 was released by radically changing the Microsoft operating system model. Windows as a service or Windows as a Service they adopt, changes the model of deployment and release of new large versions (see XP, Vista, 7, 8 etc.).
Windows as a Service launches a continuous stream of updates to the operating system for the first time system as opposed to releasing updates as service packs or single releases as we know them.
Microsoft releases two new feature updates per year, which add new features and improvements to the Windows 10 operating system. The updates are available first to devices in the Windows Insider program before being released to home users' devices, and later to devices running Pro editions or Enterprise.
A recent Synaptics press release, titled Synaptics, AMD Collaborate on Enterprise-Grade Biometric PCs Security for Next-Generation Microsoft Operating System, reports that Microsoft is already working on a next-generation operating system.
The press release does not reveal much about Microsoft's next-generation operating system other than that it will support Biometric PC Enterprise-Grade technology. This means that Microsoft seems to be working on a "biometric security operating system" that includes Windows Hello.
Synaptics Incorporated, top company of developing solutions for human interaction, together with AMD, today announced a joint initiative focused on delivering a new benchmark in the field of high better safetys for biometric fingerprint recognition for enterprise laptops on the AMD Ryzen™ Mobile platform and the next-generation Microsoft operating system. The collaboration brings a new level of security to notebooks using AMD technology, utilizing Synaptics' unique FS7600 Match-in-Sensor ™ fingerprint sensor technology with powerful AMD Ryzen Mobile processors and Microsoft's upcoming biometric security system.
The press release leaves many questions unanswered. Microsoft revealed 2015 that Window 10 will be latest operating system running. So the next generation of Microsoft's next-generation operating system could simply be a reference to a future version of Windows 10 that the company is already developing.
Why
Windows 10 will be supported at least until 2025 according to Microsoft (although support is not guaranteed for all the hardware in circulation).
So if we are developing a new next-generation operating system from the company, we will probably see or hear about a specialized operating system, as Microsoft does not intend to leave the Windows 10 project soon.
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It obviously means the update we will see in October, not some completely new operating system.