Recently, Microsoft has been promising some very delightful things for Windows 11. For example, the company is testing going 100% native for its apps in order to improve performance, and early results show promising gains.
However, new features like these are not immediately released to everyone as they could be buggy, and this has been the case for Insider channels too, which Microsoft refers to as Gradual Rollout or staggered rollout. The company refers to this practice as Continuous Feature Rollout (CFR).
This can be quite frustrating for such users who are flighting Insider channels, as at the end of the day, they are enthusiasts who very much want to experience every new thing Windows has in store, but Microsoft would rather do A/B testing at every stage just to be on the safe side so as not to break things.
Microsoft, however, was aware that users may want new features available to them sooner, and as such, it added a new "Get the latest updates as soon as they're ready for your PC" simple toggle CFR feature to enable quicker update rollouts and also expanded related functionalities towards Windows 10.
Regardless, many are still not as happy with how Gradual Rollout works, as a recent post on the Windows 11 subreddit highlights. The user horizon936 wrote: "I get that Microsoft got some heat recently, felt threatened and finally started to prioritize beneficial software features, optimizations and debloating, as well as engaging more with its userbase, including constantly hyping them up for what's to come. And I appreciate it. ... However, now that the testing channels are as robust, prolonged and engaged with as ever, I find this overreliance on gradual rollouts absolutely ridiculous and, frankly, infuriating. ... At this point I would honestly prefer dead silence from the PR team over this overengagement about features that never seem to really manifest. Every two weeks there's something large that my news feed gets bombarded with ... And it never comes. ... never rolls out until I've completely forgotten I was ever excited about the feature. ..."
