Microsoft has released a new update for Windows 10 Technical Preview. This new update Build 10061 aka April update. This is second build from Microsoft with a lot of new features.
The computers already running Windows 10 Technical Preview will automatically download and install the latest build from Windows Update.
If you have not installed it but want to download the latest release, you are recommended to check system requirements for Windows 10 before starting installation.
Although such update starts automatically, but sometimes it does not. If your Windows 10 is not updating automatically, you need to manually download and install Windows 10 latest update to your computer.
How to Check for Windows 10 Updates?
Here is a simple guide to check if there is a new update available to download and install as an update.
- Go to PC Settings page. You can use search box to access it if you don’t know its location.
- Navigate to Update and recovery section.
- Select the Preview builds option in left pane.
- Just wait for a few seconds, it’ll automatically check for new builds. If it does not check automatically, chances are that no new updates available for the moment and you have latest build installed. However, you can click on Check now button to check updates manually.
- Click on Download now button if new release is available. It’ll start downloading the latest update build 10061 on your computer.
[box type="info"] The update of Technical Preview is not a regular and typical update. This download is not downloaded as small chunks of additional features or security patches, as in Windows 7, 8 and 8.1. The whole installation files are downloaded to your disk before update process starts.[/box]
Windows 10 Update File Size
The file size of preview build will be approximately 2 or 3 GB. File size for 32-bit (x86) Windows 10 is 2+ Gigabytes while 64-bit (x64) edition consists of 3+ GBs.
Alternative Way to Update Windows 10
You can also download standalone offline ISO file of Windows 10 build 10061 (latest). The link goes below:
[box] Microsoft takes some time to upload offline files to their web servers at the very start of new build launch. So if you can't find the full offline ISO at the moment, don't lose heart and check back after a few hours or next day.[/box]
This is a full file that will be downloaded to your local disk. This full download will help you if you want to perform a fresh and clean installation or install/update Windows on more than one computer. Read this guide if you want to know why you should prefer offline ISO/Installer. The link is given below:
[box type="warning"] Please note that these builds are released for test purpose. This may not be safe for your regular and private use. You are recommended to try technical preview builds on virtual machine or some other computer rather than using it as a regular operating system.[/box]
The users who are experiencing an old build of Windows 10 Technical Preview are encouraged to install this latest update build. This update has more features and more stable.
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