Microsoft recently announced the release date for Windows 8.1 Update 1: April 8, 2014, which is also Patch Tuesday for April. Windows 8.x users will be able to download the update via the Windows Update service.

This update brings back some of the mouse/keyboard and desktop features missing from the original version. Still missing, however, is the Start menu.

Ars Technica has more, as does The Verge.