Why .NET 4.8 is recommended version despite 4.8.1 latest version available

Question

Looking at the available .NET Frameworks, 4.8.1 is the latest. However 4.8 is recommended by Microsoft here. I am curious why is that. Is 4.8.1 in beta or something? I couldn't find any information about that.

Answer 1

4.8.1 is not supported on older Windows versions but 4.8 is supported. (strange decision for a minor version like this) (even Windows 10 is only supported from specific build 20H2)