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Windows 12? Not yet
The questions keep coming, so it’s time to allay your fears, at least for now.
There is not currently, nor are there any concrete plans available for Windows 12. If you go online and google Windows 12, you might see articles and videos about when it will be released and what’s in it, but those are purely theory, speculation, or just plain horse-hockey. At this time, there are no announced plans for Windows 12.
Right now, Microsoft is finishing up Windows 11 update 25h2, which is likely to drop during the company’s fourth quarter (Q4 just started Aug. 1st.). With that in mind, the remainder of 2025 is most likely clear of any further Windows product.
But, in all honesty there IS likely a Windows 12 coming our way, possibly in the next year or two. Of late, Microsoft has been working on a five-five schedule; an operating system will be new and fully supported for five years, then back-up support for another five years Windows 7 and 10 were both treated that way (We shall not speak of the abomination that was Windows 8/8.1). Windows 11 was introduced in October 29, 2021, so by all logic, Windows 12 MAY make an appearance in October 2026.
I say “may” for three major reasons. Number one: Windows 11 came with a lot of requirements that OS’s before didn’t have. The fact that many people were forced to replace computers that weren’t very old in order to qualify for Windows 11 operation might make Microsoft a little squeamish about doing so again this soon, especially since there were a LOT of complaints about those requirements. It was only July when Windows 11 showed up on more computers than Windows 10 (Not surprisingly, 2% of Windows users have still not switched from Windows 7, which proved to be Microsoft’s most popular Windows version ever.).
Secondly, 25h2 is probably going to coincide with the end-of-life of Windows 10: Oct. 14, 2025. While it covers the same ground as its predecessor (version 24h2), it will carry some new features that would likely otherwise show up as a new Operating System. The existence of Update 25h2 would seem to render the possibility of a new Office this year moot.
Third, and most importantly, I must reiterate: Microsoft has said ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about the possibility of a Windows 12 (Despite what you may have read elsewhere.). That doesn’t make its probability any less, but it does make it highly unlikely to make an appearance for another year.
(Information used for this article courtesy of Hassam Nasir of tomshardware.com and Leo Notenboom of askleo.com)
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