Microsoft announces Windows 10 release date

Microsoft is coming through on its promises of a summer release for Windows 10. The company has finally revealed the launch date for Windows 10, and that date is July 29. With less than two months until Windows 10 is unleashed on the world, Microsoft will have its hands full with bug fixes and issues. It wouldn't be surprising if there's a big Day One patch for Windows 10 from Microsoft, as that's what they did with Windows 8.

Microsoft's press release stated:

With Windows 10, we start delivering on our vision of more personal computing, defined by trust in how we protect and respect your personal information, mobility of the experience across your devices, and natural interactions with your Windows devices, including speech, touch, ink, and holograms. We designed Windows 10 to run our broadest device family ever, including Windows PCs, Windows tablets, Windows phones, Windows for the Internet of Things, Microsoft Surface Hub, Xbox One and Microsoft HoloLense — all working together.

As Xbox's Phil Spencer said at GDC, Windows 10 will be integrated with Microsoft's Xbox and tablet businesses, for a "unified vision for gaming." Microsoft has also said that Windows 10 will be offered as a free upgrade for anyone running Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Windows Phone OS. However, the free Windows 10 upgrade won't validate pirated versions of Windows. You must have a genuine version for the free upgrade.