

What will the Windows 12 features be?Īs no official announcement has been made by Microsoft about Windows 12, it is difficult at this point to give a detailed list of the features we can expect in Windows 12. There could well be another Windows 11 update in 2023 before a further update to Windows 12 in 2024. Members of the Windows Insider Program may even see new updates that Microsoft are working on for Windows 12. If Windows 12 follows the trend that it has set will new releases every 3 years: Windows 7 (2009), Windows 8 (2012), Windows 10 (2015), Windows 11 (2021), Windows 12 should be released towards the end of 2024. Though Microsoft has played fast and loose with Windows' numbering in the past, and even promised that Windows 10 would be the last one before.Whilst there has yet to be an official confirmation from Microsoft, it is rumoured to have a release date in 2024, 3 years after Windows 11 was released. The new roadmap officially starts whenever Windows 11 version 22H2, aka Sun Valley 2, is due in the fall.Īccording to the Windows Central report, the status of the 2024 release of Windows is pretty much unknown, except that is apparently in the early planning and engineering phase, and folks within the company are calling it "Next Valley" when speaking about it internally.Ĭould this Next Valley be Windows 12? Given that the internal codename is something different to Windows 11's Sun Valley codename that seems a pretty good guess. One of these Moments happened earlier this year in a recent update that added the Weather widget to the taskbar. This means we will probably see some Sun Valley 3 features sprinkled into these upcoming "Moments." Unfortunately, the new roadmap means that the 2023 release client update for Windows, aka Sun Valley 3, has been put on the back burner in favor of these smaller, more frequent updates. Windows 11 TPM requirements (opens in new tab): Microsoft's strict security policy What you need to know before upgrading (opens in new tab): Things to note before downloading the latest OS How to install Windows 11 (opens in new tab): Safe and secure install Windows 11 review (opens in new tab): What we think of the new OS
