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== Version 1709 (Fall Creators Update) ==

'''Windows 10 Fall Creators Update''', or '''Windows 10 version 1709''', codenamed "Redstone 3",<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tkachenko |first=Sergey |date=2017-07-03 |title=Fall Creators Update is Windows 10 version 1709 |url=https://winaero.com/windows-10-version-1709/ |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240618092322/https://winaero.com/windows-10-version-1709/ |archive-date=2024-06-18 |access-date=2025-07-06 |work=Winaero |language=en-US}}</ref> is a feature update to Windows 10 released on October 17, 2017.<ref name=":4">{{Cite newsmagazine |last=McMahon |first=Jordan |title=How to Get Windows 10 Fall Creators Update |url=https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-get-windows-10-fall-creators-update/ |access-date=2025-07-06 |workmagazine=Wired |language=en-US |issn=1059-1028}}</ref>

=== Individual application updates ===

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==== Device learning mode ====

The narrator was updated with a device learning mode, which allows the user to send input from a keyboard, touch screen, or [[Refreshable braille display|braille display]], and get feedback on the functionality of that input, without actually doing the input first.<ref>{{Cite web |last=published |firstauthor1=Darren Allan |date=2017-05-19 |title=Fall Creators Update aims to make Windows 10 more accessible |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/fall-creators-update-aims-to-make-windows-10-more-accessible |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>

==== Braille improvements ====

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==== Privacy statement ====

During the setup process, the user will be shown a privacy statement that explains the privacy consequences from the data Microsoft will collect, and how they process the information. The user will also be given a "Learn more" button, that will give you settings to disable certain telemetry features, such as ___location services, speech recognition, tailored experiences, and advertisements.<ref>{{Cite web |last=published |firstauthor1=Matt Hanson |date=2017-09-14 |title=Windows 10 will get a privacy boost with Fall Creators Update |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-will-get-a-privacy-boost-with-fall-creators-update |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>

==== Application permissions ====

For newly installed applications after the installation of the Fall Creators Update, you will have to give applications permissions manually for cameras, microphones, contact lists, and calendars.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fingas |first=Jon |date=2017-09-13 |title=Windows 10 will give you more control over app permissions |url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-09-13-windows-10-fall-creators-update-privacy-improvements.html |url-status=live |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=Engadget |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hanson |first=Matt |date=2017-09-14 |title=Windows 10 will get a privacy boost with Fall Creators Update |url=https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-10-will-get-a-privacy-boost-with-fall-creators-update |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=TechRadar |language=en}}</ref>

== Version 1803 (April 2018 Update) ==