Windows 10 May 2020 Update review: Microsoft boosts Linux and Your Phone, but Cortana slips hard

Our review of Microsoft’s Windows 10 20H1 update—also known as version 2004, or the Windows 10 May 2020 Update—shows an OS focused primarily on building out existing features, rather than launching new ones. Some scaffolding is still apparent in tweaks to Your Phone, and especially Cortana. Microsoft has further polished Task Manager, Settings, and Game Bar, however, and isn’t afraid to serve niche audiences with upgrades to the Windows Subsystem for Linux and the related Terminal app. 

As in the past, we’ve based our review on the Insider builds of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, beginning with the major features and working through to its minor additions. Though Microsoft essentially signaled that the May 2020 Update release was finished by January, we waited until the end of February to complete our tests. It’s important to note, however, that Microsoft hasn’t announced when the “final” 20H1 version will ship to the general public, and a few more bugs may be fixed before then. We’ll revisit the review at launch to see if anything’s changed. 

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