Windows 10 Will Be Available July 29

Update for windows 10 : Microsoft has officially announced it will be releasing Windows 10 worldwide on June 29 as a free upgrade for users of Windows 7, 8 and 8.1.  Beginning July 29th , 2015 Windows 10 will be available in 190 markets globally as a free upgrade to customers running on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Built with help from more than four million people around the world, Windows 10  start of a new era of personal technology, designed to empower people to do great things," said the company in a statement. 

What else do you get? Well I’m glad you asked –  quick look at the highlights:

• Microsoft Edge: The successor to Internet Explorer, designed around minimalism and collaboration tools, plus with Cortana integration.
• Word, Excel and PowerPoint built in.
• Xbox Live and Xbox app for doing things like recording gameplay, interacting with your Xbox friends and also streaming Xbox games to the desktop.
• Windows Continuum, which lets you smoothly jump between multiple Windows 10 devices, and which lets you use your phones like a PC with external input accessories.
• Windows Hello, a new login method that uses face, iris or fingerprint recognition to log you in without a password, depending on hardware support.

Microsoft is doing everything it can to make the transition smooth, like ensuring it’ll work with your existing applications. Windows 8 was sort of an awkward generation, so here’s hoping the skipped numeral results in something that suits everyone’s needs.