As anticipated several times in the past, the brand new Windows 12 is expected this year, with the probable launch date by autumn 2024. However, according to some recent rumors shared by Windows Centralthings could be different and Microsoft could decide to postpone the new release of the operating system for at least one year.
Despite this, however, the Redmond company’s plans should not undergo major changes and it is very likely that they will decide to transform the first release of Windows 12 into a major update per Windows 11That should arrive in September and should contain within it a large number of features based on artificial intelligence.
What we know about the new Windows 11 update
The first rumors on 24H2 update of Windows 11 had hinted that it would be a update minorewhich would have brought some “optional features” to show them what they would find in the stable version of Windows 12.
Moreover, given that computers compatible with the new version of the operating system will have to have very specific hardwarecould be imagined as a sort of transition update per check the system requirements and possibly guarantee or not the transition to the new version.
Things, however, could be very different and, as just said, the latest update for Windows 11 could be very substantial and bring the innovative features that Microsoft has been working on for some time to the “old” operating system.
The possible future implications of this “revolutionary” update could be many and, if it is true that Microsoft Copilot it is only the tip of the iceberg of the many projects of the technology giant in terms of artificial intelligence, with these new releases it is very probable the arrival of Lots of cool features of which many, probably, are also available without the need for additional subscriptions.
Microsoft’s change of direction
But if the failure to release Windows 12 in 2024 may seem like a great opportunity for current owners of Windows 11, on the other hand it confirms an eventuality that has already been in the air for some time: the need for a certain type of hardware to get the new version.
A hardware they fit into the new AI PCsas the highly anticipated computers with are called processors developed specifically for artificial intelligencewhich will not reach the market before next summer.
Therefore, given the integration of Windows 12 with these devices and also given the rather short times between their arrival on the market and the release of the next operating system, Microsoft may have preferred a “sweeter” release, trying not to rush the times, so as to guarantee its users that they can buy a new computer able to make the most of the potential of the new software.
In short, 2024 may no longer be the year of Windows 12, not as had been anticipated, in short, but it could be a real year of transition towards new technologies which, at this point, they could arrive in 2025with the end of support a Windows 10 and greater availability of compatible hardware on the market.
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