Windows 12 could come faster than expected. An insider reports on Microsoft’s new plans for Windows.
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According to an insider, Windows 12 could appear as early as 2024.
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Windows 11 could be replaced by Windows 12 as early as 2024. This is pure speculation at the moment, but an insider report about Microsoft’s supposedly changed update plans for Windows suggests that Windows 12 could appear faster than expected ( we reported ).
Insider Zac Bowden reports on Windowscentral.com that Microsoft plans to return to the three-year cycle for major Windows versions. Every three years there should be a new, so-called “major version” of the Windows client. After Windows 11 was released in 2021, the successor is now planned for 2024.
New functions within a Windows version, such as Windows 11, should be more frequent than before, four times a year. But after Windows 11 will be replaced in 2024, Microsoft has canceled the Windows 11 update originally planned for 2023 with the code name “Sun Valley 3”. You can read more about this in Windows – Microsoft throws update plan overboard – you need to know that.
More frequent Windows innovations through “Moments”
Later this year, the Sun Valley 2 update will be released with Windows 11 version 22H2. Microsoft will then also end the previous development cycles for updates. All subsequent new Windows 11 features and experiences will then be delivered to users at a faster rate. Internally, Microsoft speaks of so-called “Moments”. According to Zac Bowden, up to four such updates can be expected in 2023.
In fact, Microsoft has already shipped new features in Windows 11 much faster than in the past. At the beginning of the year, the taskbar was given a few innovations. With Windows 10, there was no such thing in the past, so developers and users always had to wait for the half-yearly updates.
Useful for end users, rather bad for companies
In February, Microsoft had already stated that they were trying out new ways of introducing innovations in Windows. At that time, the Windows developer spoke of “experience packs” in this blog post. These are also delivered to users via Windows Update under this name.
It’s actually a good thing for Windows users if they get updates and improvements faster than before. This allows Microsoft to respond more quickly to feature requests that are frequently requested. The increase in the update frequency is rather bad for companies, especially since new functions can also bring new bugs. It is to be expected that Microsoft will offer the option here of preventing updates from being delivered to the Windows clients.
