{"id":14861,"date":"2018-05-01T13:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=14861"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T15:46:23","slug":"windows-10-april-2018-update-available-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-10-april-2018-update-available-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 April 2018 Update Available Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Windows 10 April 2018 Update Available Now<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;e one who likes to try the latest thing,\u00a0 the newest Windows 10 version update is available now. The Windows 10 April 2018 Update is available from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Windows 10 Download Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can use the Update Assistant to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to\u00a0 Windows 10 April 2018 update &#8211; or you can create Windows 10 April 2018 Update installation media &#8211; DVD or USB &#8211; to install Windows 10 April 2018 Update by using the media creation tool.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 563px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/10april1.png\" alt=\"Windows 10 April 2018 Download Options\" width=\"553\" height=\"720\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot from Microsoft&#8217;s Windows 10 Download Page<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you choose to use the media creation tool to create a Windows 10 April 2018 Update DVD or USB, see our article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/create-windows-10-installation-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here\u00a0<\/span><\/a>about creating Windows 10 installation media.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/software-download\/windows10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">You can update your Windows 10 computer to April 2018 Update from this Microsoft page.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or use check for\u00a0 updates to get Windows 10 April 2018 Update.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2018\/04\/30\/how-to-get-the-windows-10-april-2018-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to a updated post on the Microsoft <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">, i<\/span>f you don&#8217;t want to use the &#8220;Upgrade assistant&#8221; or create installation media, you can also go to Settings &gt; Updates &amp; Security &gt; Windows Update and click the &#8220;Check for updates&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to wait to install Windows 10 April 2018, it will start rolling out to Windows 10 users via Windows Update starting on May 8, 2018.\u00a0 Of course, not everyone will get the update on that day. Looking back at other major Windows 10 version updates, it could be weeks or even months before everyone gets the update.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want the update at all right now, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/use-windows-10-metered-connection-to-stop-some-automatic-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">t<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ry turning on Metered connection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We put together a short list of some of the new features and enhancements in Windows 10 April 2018 Update (Windows 10 Version 1803). To be honest, the April 2018 Update is not that big of an update&#8230; the only major new feature is Timeline which uses an upgraded Taskview feature to keep\u00a0track of everything you do or use on your computer.<\/p>\n<h3>View and Delete Diagnostic Data<\/h3>\n<p>Touted by many as a big privacy enhancement, Version 1803 (April 2018 Update) allows you to delete diagnostic data uploaded by Windows to Microsoft, You&#8217;ll need to download the Diagnostic Data Viewer app from the Microsoft Store to use this feature.<\/p>\n<h3>Focus Assist<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;re working on something important &#8211; writing a letter, working on a story, reading an ebook, watching a movie, etc. you don&#8217;t want a bunch of notifications popping up telling you that a new email has arrived or some program has an update availble. Focus Assist &#8211; like the Do Not Disturb feature Apple users have enjoyed for years &#8211; lets you control what notifications you will allow &#8211; you can even shut all them off. Focus Assist allows you to &#8220;focus&#8221; on whatever your doing on your computer at the time.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 567px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2018\/focus.png\" alt=\"Cloudeight InfoAve Windows 10 Tips &amp; Tricks\" width=\"557\" height=\"538\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Above: Windows 10 April 2018 Update &#8220;Focus Assist&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Dictation<\/h3>\n<p>Dictation has been vastly mproved in the April 2018 Update. Dictation allows you to convert yor spoken words into written text in WordPad, NotePad, MS Word or any other word processing application. Use the Windows Key + H shortcut to open Dictation.<\/p>\n<h3>Timeline<\/h3>\n<p>Timeline is one of the major new features in the April 2018 Update. Timeline takes Task View (Windows Key + TAB) to a whole new level by creating an historical view of the activities you performed on your PC. Not only can you view the applications that are currently open, you can view an historical list of the documents you created, pictures and images you added to your computer, the web pages you visited, and more. Timeline creates one location where you can easily find files, images, web sites and more you have accessed today or in the past.<\/p>\n<h3>And many more&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Windows 10 April !0 Update to Windows 10 adds more significant features like more display and grahpic options, access to fonts in Settings, Microsoft Edge improvements, and many more less significant ehancements and features.<\/p>\n<p>We will feature some new tips &amp; tricks for Windows 10 April 2018 Update very soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 April 2018 Update Available Now If you&#8217;e one who likes to try the latest thing,\u00a0 the newest Windows 10 version update is available now. The Windows 10 April 2018 Update is available from the Windows 10 Download Page. You can use the Update Assistant to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to\u00a0 Windows 10 April 2018 update\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/windows-10-april-2018-update-available-now\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2350,1719,1704,2269],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14868,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14861\/revisions\/14868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}