Microsoft shuts down the Windows 10 Beta Channel just five months after reopening it



What you need to know

  • Earlier this year, Microsoft reopened the Insider Beta Channel for Windows 10 users to test new features backported from Windows 11.
  • Now, just five months on, the company has announced that it is once again shutting down the Beta Channel on Windows 10.
  • Microsoft will continue to flight Windows 10 builds to the Release Preview channel, which Beta Channel Insiders can switch to now.

Last year, Microsoft announced a surprising recommitment to delivering new features and experiences to Windows 10 users, with less than two years to go before the OS reached end of life in 2025. Now, with less than a year to go before Windows 10 bites the dust, Microsoft has announced that the Insider Beta Channel it reopened to test these new features is once again shutting down.

Microsoft relaunched the Beta Channel for Windows 10 earlier this year after originally closing it in 2022 in favor of Windows 11 preview testing. With it being reopened, the goal was to test backported Windows 11 features such as the new Windows Copilot and other minor additions. Now, just five months on, that channel is once again closing, with Microsoft confirming it will no longer flight Beta Channel builds for Windows 10.



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