Fed up with Windows 11?Don't worry, Windows 12 is coming soon, although Microsoft hasn't revealed too much relevant news, but many PC manufacturers can't help but start publicity. Recently, some ** have released news, saying that they learned from relevant sources that Microsoft will officially release Windows 12 as early as June next year.
Earlier, we reported that Windows 12 may be released next year, but there was not much information to support this at that time, and there was no exact time point, after all, the end of 2024 is also next year, but the time will be much worse.
Source: Weibo.
We now know a lot about Windows 12, such as the fact that the design tone of the system will be different from all previous Windows. With the advent of the AI era, Microsoft hopes to build a new Windows system with AI as the core, which is the main reason why Microsoft is in a hurry to bring Windows 12 to Windows 11 before it is rolled out.
At the same time, PC manufacturers are also gearing up for the launch of Windows 12, and a series of applications around AI will become the core of PC manufacturers to promote new products.
In many reports, we have discussed the impact and application of AI, but many people do not have much feeling about it, because most of the performance scenarios of AI are still limited to text expression, even with AI drawing, AI** and even AI programming and other functions, most ordinary people still do not feel it.
In fact, this is the reason why although AI is developing rapidly, it is difficult for most people to form a clear understanding of it, in a word: "You are right, but what does this have to do with me?" "Today's AI models are basically still concentrated in the cloud, although AI can be deployed locally, but it has high requirements for hardware and technical level, and the experience is basically the same as the cloud version, but with stronger privacy and security.
Source: Veer
The best way to really get a feel for what AI is capable of is to integrate AI with the system, so that AI can be deeply involved in the daily use of our smart devices and serve us in a whole new way, and that's what Microsoft wants to provide on Windows 12.
Windows 12 will be reimagined around AI capabilities, not only with a more flexible and personalized UI and experience, but also with AI voice assistants to complete many actions and settings. As part of the underlying system, AI at this time will no longer be limited by system security, and can directly call various functions and applications of the system.
In Microsoft's demonstration, they used the AI voice assistant to directly turn on and off the system's night mode, although it was only a demonstration of a small function, but behind it was the integration of the AI assistant and the system. For someone like me who is familiar with computer systems, an AI assistant may not be able to help much, but for the average user, AI can solve a lot of problems for them.
For example, some time ago, there was a popular "Cyber Bulb Challenge" in the post bar, the reason was that a netizen accidentally adjusted the system zoom rate to 500%, resulting in a complete imbalance between the screen and the text ratio, unable to return to the normal state, and could only go online for help, and some netizens in order to test the solution, also adjusted the system zoom rate to 500%, and the results were hit, and they could only wait for other netizens to study the real solution.
Source: Zhihu.
This scaling problem, which is a headache for many computer experts, may be very easy to solve on Windows 12, you just need to start the AI voice assistant and ask her to adjust the zoom ratio from 500% to 100%, and the display will return to normal.
At the same time,AI with in-depth learning Xi capabilities can learn Xi Xi habits of your PC and automatically adjust the performance, volume, brightness and other parameters of your PCFor example, Xiao Lei likes to use external speakers when watching**, and use wireless game headsets when playing games, every time Xiao Lei needs to manually adjust the audio output device, although it is not difficult but it is also very troublesome.
With the help of AI, there is no need to manually make additional settings, and it only takes a while to learn Xi, and the PC will automatically adjust the audio output and device volume when you open a specific application. As the integration of AI into the system increases, you may find that the PC experience becomes smoother and more natural, and the office is more handy.
Microsoft launched Windows 12 in such a hurry, largely related to Windows 11's crotch, after Microsoft tried all kinds of means to force Windows 11, the results are also visible to everyone, according to the data released by the market research agency Statcounter, as of November, Windows 11 accounted for only 26 systems66%。
Looks like a lot?So what I want to tell you is,Windows 10 accounts for 68%, and all other system versions together account for less than 50% of Windows 10.
Source: Microsoft
Do you still remember that Microsoft promised free upgrades at the beginning of the release of Windows 11, and at the same time said that the free upgrade was only temporary, and only for genuine users, and two years later, until today, Microsoft is still promoting free upgrades to Windows 11, and there was a period of time, even Windows 10 that was not activated, and it was possible to obtain genuine authorization through free upgrades (no longer acting).
In the past two years, Microsoft has exhausted its means, and even once forced the upgrade service, even if Microsoft no longer even wants to be cheeky, Windows 11 is still difficult to compete with Windows 10. However, Windows 11 really doesn't have much to entice users to upgrade, and apart from the default taskbar centering (which can be changed to left), it still retains most of the Windows 10 experience overall.
On the bright side, it reduces the cost of learning Xi users, but it also makes most users lose the motivation to update, after all, they are almost the same, why update?You say that Windows 11 is optimized for Intel's heterogeneous processors, and users spread their hands: "I still use 11th Gen Core (or earlier) AMD processors, what does heterogeneity have to do with me?".”。
Source: Lei Technology.
In addition to the upgrade of old users, the remaining user growth of Windows 11 mainly comes from the sales and activation of new PCs, and the PC market has not been in a good situation in the past year, so it has also led to the further stagnation of the growth of Windows 11 system share.
It can be said thatThe PC market is also waiting for an opportunity, hoping that new selling points can emerge to drive users' demand for new productsAnd in the short term, Windows 12 may be the only option in the market. Because, although Microsoft plans Windows 12 will cover the previous user group as much as possible, if you are using a new generation of AI processors, you will obviously get a better experience.
Perhaps many netizens have forgotten that the Wintel alliance between Windows and Intel is actually still in effect, and some time ago, Intel officially announced that it will release a new generation of processors that support the deployment of AI large models on the end of the year (December to be exact) and have independent AI NPU.
So, you can actually connect the two very simply, with the launch of the Ultra series of processors, Windows 12 will be the main reason for users to change to a new computer. Moreover, Microsoft is intensively preparing for the AI version of the Office suite, and it is reported that the domestic version will be available soon.
Source: Weibo.
Under the dual AI demand of office suite + system,PC manufacturers may be able to usher in a long-lost wave of replacement,But,Personally, I think it's better not to open champagne in advance,With Xiaolei, I know Microsoft,Most of their software features,The experience of the first version is not better,And the domestic Microsoft server situation,Everyone understands。
Still, at least that's a good idea for everyone, as it's been a long time since we've seen any exciting PC innovations in the past few years.
List of high-quality authors