The official announcement of the free upgrade of Windows 8.1

Microsoft has officially announced the update of the operating system Windows 8.1, which was previously known as Windows Blue. Most importantly, the company has confirmed the free upgrade status for all users of Windows 8.

The text of the announcement is published under the heading "Windows continues to become better." Microsoft is talking about "the progress that Windows 8 has made , " referring to the statistics of 100 million Windows 8 licenses sold in six months.

Microsoft also mentions over 70,000 applications in the online catalog of the Windows Store, including applications such as Twitter, eBay, Netflix, CNN, and Temple Run games: Brave, Bejeweled LIVE, Angry Birds Star Wars, among many others .
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Interestingly, the official announcement says nothing about the most important innovations that are expected in Windows 8.1 - the very ones that the project management calls the “change of key aspects” , and independent analysts talk about the largest change in corporate strategy since the rejection of New Coke in 1985.

Most likely, we are talking simply about the return of the “Start” button and the possibility of direct loading into the desktop mode bypassing Metro - these are the functions that Windows 8 users most lack .

The official Microsoft statement says that the public preview version of Windows 8.1 will be released on June 26, 2013 - to the Build conference for developers. In the coming weeks, the company promises to publish additional information about the upgrade.