The launch of Windows 11 has not necessarily been the success it microsoft wanted. While the release of Windows 11 saw a significant number of PC users upgrade their operating system, months later that increase slowed.
Around 20% of Windows users in general have moved to Windows 11. However, despite the slow uptake of Windows 11, microsoft seems to be moving towards future iterations of the operating system. Maybe Windows 12 appear even faster than most expect.
According to a report from WindowsCentral, microsoft is changing its engineering schedule so that a “major” version of Windows will be delivered every three years. That could mean that Windows 12or whatever Microsoft decides to call the next iteration of Windows, will arrive as soon as 2024. The report claims that the new version of Windows is currently known as “Next Valley”, apparently a temporary name while Microsoft continues to assess what it will actually contain. the 2024 version.
Between now and 2024, Microsoft plans to release more regular feature updates for Windows, in addition to the annual major updates announced in 2021. These smaller updates will be released up to four times a year starting in 2023 and are called “Moments.”
WindowsCentral says that Microsoft’s launch of the weather button on Windows’ taskbar Windows 11 earlier this year is an example of what these Moments will look like. Although the launch of a major version of Windows in 2024 may seem very soon, in reality it is something of a delay on the part of Microsoft.
Previously, Microsoft had planned its next major version of Windows for 2023, which was known internally as Sun Valley 3. Now the Sun Valley 3 features are being spun off and will be included with the aforementioned Moments updates. These new features of Windows 11 have not yet been confirmed.
The next iteration of Windows may now come in 2024 instead of 2023, but the move to a 3-year release schedule for major Windows iterations is a speed-up compared to previous plans. After all, it has been seven years since the release of Windows 10.