Hi all,

The below notice applies if you are using the following add-ons: Add-on Updater, Enhanced Touch Gestures, Event Tracker, GoldWave, Object Location Tones, ObjPad, Office Desk, Resource Monitor, Sound Splitter, StationPlaylist, Windows App Essentials:

The next updates to these add-ons will be released in early February 2023. All of my add-ons will require NVDA 2022.4 or later. In addition, all add-ons except Add-on Updater will require Windows 10 November 2021 Update (Version 21H2/build 19044) or later installed.

Originally, I planned to introduce newer Windows 10 requirement later in 2023. However, to avoid overwhelming myself when NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 is released (2023.1 is a compatibility breaking release at the moment), I decided to move Windows release requirement to an earlier date. The bigger reason will be explained in an upcoming post. Also, my original plan called for asking you to use Windows 10 2022 Update (Version 22H2/build 19045), but I figured that this would not work well for enterprises, thus I decided to support 21H2 so people can have more time to migrate to newer Windows releases.

If you cannot upgrade to a newer Windows 10 release for whatever reason, my advice at this time is to use Media Creation Tool or Windows 10 Upgrade Assistant to upgrade to Windows 10 22H2.

Thank you.

Cheers,

Joseph

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Hi all,

Two important updates:

1. Windows 10 21H2 requirement if using Add-on Updater: if you are using Add-on Updater to check for add-on updates from community add-ons website, Windows 10 21H2 requirement will be in effect from January 9, 2023 at 01:00 UTC. After this time, anyone using Windows releases earlier than Windows 10 November 2021 Update (build 19044) will not receive add-on updates (you can still visit addons.nvda-project.org to download add-ons but you'll get an installation message if using Windows releases earlier than 10).
2. Version 23.02 release date: the upcoming add-on updates will be released around February 3, 2023 or within 24 hours of NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 released, whichever happens earlier. For consistency, except for Add-on Updater and Windows App Essentials, final add-on releases will occur at least 30 days after either 23.02 release or 2023.1 beta 1 compatibility update as shown as follows:

NVDA 2023.1 beta 1 release date	Version 23.02 (second to last planned add-on releases)	Dedicated NVDA 2023.1 compatibility update	Version final (last release)
By end of January 2023	Within 24 hours of beta 1's release	No (23.02 will include compatibility update)	At least 30 days after 23.02 release
February 2023	Around February 3, 2023	Yes (within 24 hours after 2023.1 beta 1 release	At least 30 days after dedicated compatibility update

This change is due to preparations being made in NVDA source code to:

1. Bring alpha level code to beta branch so translators can start translating NVDA user interface and documentation
2. Bump internal development version to 2023.2

In either case, the final add-on releases will include localization updates from translators. At least seven days after the final add-on releases, end of life add-ons will be declared legacy on community add-ons website (I will remind people about add-on source code repositories on NVDA add-ons list, not here).

Cheers,

Joseph