ProBeat: Windows 10’s update success dwarfs its 1 billion miss

Microsoft’s fifth major free update to Windows 10, called the April 2018 Update, is coming on Monday. It will thus start to arrive (available for manual download on April 30, via Windows Update on May 8) three years and a day after Windows chief Terry Myerson declared that Microsoft was aiming for 1 billion devices running Windows 10 “in two to three years.”

A lot has happened since then. Windows 10 was released as a service. Four major free updates followed: November Update, Anniversary Update, Creators Update, and Fall Creators Update. Microsoft backpedaled on the 1 billion goal, blaming its failed phone business (1 billion is still the target, but it’s going to take a few more years). Oh, and Terry Myerson announced he is leaving Microsoft, as CEO Satya Nadella carved up his division to spread it across other leaders.