Fast Technology News on February 4, WC issued a document saying that Microsoft is preparing a major update to Windows, which is expected to be pushed to Windows 11 users this fall, but the new version will most likely not be called Windows 12.
During the tenure of the previous leader, Panos Panay, Microsoft chose to abandon Windows 10 and focus solely on delivering new features for Windows 11 and later. This decision also prevents a large number of old Windows 10 users from enjoying any of the new apps, services and features that Microsoft has developed over the past two years.
And the first thing the Windows leadership team did when new leader Mikhail Parakhin took office was to reassess its stance on Windows 10 and introduce new features such as Windows Copilot to Windows 10.
According to WC, this is the biggest evidence that Microsoft doesn't want to launch Windows 12 this year. Microsoft wants to treat Windows 10 and Windows 11 as a single platform and is working to simplify the process of backporting certain features from Windows 11 to Windows 10.
In early December, Microsoft also announced that it would allow Windows 10 users to pay to get security updates after the end of the 2025 support date. Microsoft knows that users won't be upgrading to Windows 11 or Windows 12 anytime soon.
In fact, the fragmentation of Windows is a headache for Microsoft. Currently, Windows 10 has about 1 billion users, while Windows 11 has only 400 million, and the update process is very slow.
For most users, they don't care about the new version of Windows and would rather wait until their existing PC is no longer suitable for use before buying a new one. Therefore, the launch of Windows 12 is also difficult to drive enthusiasm for upgrades.