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Windows 10 to get new cellular connectivity, power-management improvements.
Microsoft and its "Always Connected" partners are working to beef up cellular connectivity and power management features likely to end up in the Windows 10 "Redstone 4" release due in the Spring of 2018.

Microsoft officials shared some tidbits about these new features during the WinHEC Fall 2017 Workshop, which ran November 2017 to December 1 in Taipei. Some of the slides from presentations during that event are on Microsoft's Channel 9. (Thanks to @h0x0d, The Walking Cat, for the heads up.)

One WinHEC session focused on Always Connected PCs -- the Intel/ARM-based thin and light devices that include eSIM technology so they're always on and connected to cellular networks. Microsoft and partners showed off a couple of the coming Qualcomm ARM-based Always Connected devices at the Snapdragon Tech Summit earlier this week.

Currently, some Windows 10 PCs -- including Surface Pros -- include the ability to connect to LTE networks using a SIM bundled with the device or inserted at a point of sale. But with Redstone 4, Microsoft is working to make cellular connectivity more seamless, according to the recent WinHEC presentation.