Windows 11 24H2 isnt even here yet but Microsoft is already working on its follow-up that could pave the way for Windows 12

Date:
Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:02:19 +0000

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Lets hope Microsoft maintains regular feature updates outside of annual upgrades going forward to Windows 12 and beyond.

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Microsoft is already working away at what could be the first Moment update to follow the big Windows 11 24H2 update .

Currently, work is ongoing with finishing the 24H2 update which lands later this year most likely itll roll out from September but Microsoft is already looking past that upgrade to the first Moment update itll deliver for that release, likely early in 2025. (Assuming the Moment name is kept, and well come back to that). Windows 11 version 24H2's first "Moment" is already underway, stumbled upon this internal flight earlierBuild 26120.383, it
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This is according to a respected Microsoft leaker, Albacore on X (formerly Twitter), who as noted in the above post stumbled upon an internal flight a preview version just being tested within Microsoft currently which is the first Moment for 24H2. (Add your own scattering of seasoning here,
naturally).

As probably hasnt escaped your attention if youre a Windows 11 user,
Microsoft just released the fifth Moment update for Windows 11 23H2, which comes with some handy new features . Analysis: The bigger update picture and potential road to Windows 12

As a quick refresher, Moment updates are sizeable feature drops, though not nearly as big as the annual upgrades for Windows 11 (23H2, 24H2 and so on). Essentially, Moments offer a way for Microsoft to continue to drip feed features between the major H2 annual versions of Windows 11.

With the first Moment update for 24H2 seemingly already under development, this seems a strong indication that Microsoft will continue with this scheme of things for Windows 11 updates going forward.

As Albacore discusses in the thread of the above post on X, it is possible that Microsoft might change the name Moment to something else, but the underlying principle of these small-to-medium sized upgrades outside the cadence of the big annual updates should remain in place for Windows 11 as
we progress down the road with the OS.

Before too long, though, that road will lead to Windows 12 or whatever next-gen Windows ends up being called, with it quite possibly turning up in 2025, when Windows 10 exits stage left and after that, the update delivery philosophy could change again.

Perhaps theres a heightened chance of this, too, when you consider that Windows is under a new chief Pavan Davuluri has taken the reins of the OS,
as Mikhail Parakhin (who was heading up Windows previously) is off doing
other things at Microsoft as of last month.

Traditionally, Microsoft has operated under this kind of scheme of smaller drip-fed updates outside of large feature drops though not always. Before Windows 11 arrived, you may recall that Microsoft used a twice-yearly update scheme with Windows 10, so no new features were introduced between those upgrades. That left some pretty sizeable gaps of six months or so where nothing happened with the desktop OS feature-wise (except minor tweaks here and there).

We were never keen on that idea, but we dont think Microsoft will return to that way of working were taking this as a positive sign that Moments, or their equivalent, will be around for a good time yet, and hopefully with Windows 12 going forward, when it eventually rolls into town. You might also like... Watch out: soon some older PCs will lose Windows 11 support Windows
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