Windows 12 is Not Coming in 2024; It’s Windows 11 24H2 Instead

Feb. 9, 2024

Starting with Build 26-xx today, Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels will see the versioning updated under Settings > System > About (and winver) to version 24H2.This denotes that Windows 11, version 24H2 will be this year’s annual feature update.As mentioned here, Windows 11 will have an annual feature update cadence that releases in the second half of the calendar year.

It’s abundantly clear that Windows 12 is not coming this fall, and Microsoft has also underscored that Windows 11 will follow anannual feature updatecadence, released in the second half of the year. It’s again a departure from the smaller Moments updates for Windows 11 that we saw under Panay’s leadership.

So yeah, Windows 12 is not dead, but it’s not coming this year. What do you think about the overall development? Are you disappointed by Microsoft’s decision to stall Windows 12? Let us know in the comment section below.

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