Microsoft is reportedly temporarily suspending new releases builds of Windows 10 for Fast and Slow Rings subscribers as the development team internally tests the new Unified Update Platform, a new system availability of updates.
Dona Sarkar, head of the Windows Insider program, said they plan to test the new UUP system internally before making it available to users which are part of the Insider program. But no one knows how much it will take them.
What is important to know is that Windows Insiders will no longer be able to download new builds on their personal computers. Mobile users are not affected.
"We are preparing to make PC builds available to Insiders using UUP. To prepare for this, we will stop all updates on Fast and Slow rings starting tonight (Friday 2/12/16) "said Dona.
What is UUP?
As we have mentioned in an earlier publication, it's a new system of updates that speeds up checks and drastically reduces the size of data by downloading the files you need, not the full new builds.
So the release of major operating system updates will be much faster, as Microsoft states that each computers will only get the files that have changed since the previous version, not the whole OS. Additionally, checking for updates will be done server-side, so it will be faster.
Microsoft's new UUP system will be tested with the help of Insiders over the coming months. Everyone else will receive it with the upcoming Creators Update at the beginning of 2017.
