Why on earth is Microsoft still adding features to Windows 10?

Despite Windows 10’s end-of-support date on the horizon, Microsoft is still adding some little updates to the popular operating system. Well, at least for now.

The Redmond tech giant has recently launched the KB5050081 update (Build 19045.5435) for folks in Windows 10’s 22H2 version. And with that, it’s adding a rich calendar experience in the system tray with holiday illustrations and weather forecasts, though it removes the clock with a seconds display.

We don’t even have this feature on Windows 11. Microsoft describes it as, “[Calendar] New! Stay informed and informed with the new calendar. See the weather forecast and learn about the holidays and events that are coming up.”

If this doesn’t appear on your end, you can try to take a look at Settings > Date & time, under Calendar events. If it still doesn’t, you may want to do a bit of registry tweaks via ViVeTool — as an eagle-eyed Windows insider @phantomofearth on X spots.

Microsoft has made it crystal clear that it’s killing Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. It’s made a gazillion conscious efforts to migrate users to Windows 11, whether it’s by adding a bit of Windows 11 elements to Windows 10 or telling users to simply buy a new PC if it doesn’t support Windows 11 yet. You name it.

The company also said that it’s ending support for Office 365 apps on Windows 10 on the same date as the operating system’s deprecation. And, months ago, it shut down Windows 10’s Beta channel for insiders and moved users to Release Preview instead.

But you can still use Windows 10 even after this date, though. Microsoft said that it’s offering a one-time $30 purchase of the Extended Security Update that gives your Windows 10 PC another year of life.