The Windows Central publication analyzed Microsoft’s latest actions and announcements and concluded that we are probably expecting Windows 12 in 2024. But whatever the company is planning, it’s not ready to go public right now. A representative of the company told reporters that it “does not comment on rumors or speculation”.

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It was replaced by Windows Vista in 2006, Windows 7 in 2009, Windows 8 in 2012, and Windows 10 in 2015. Finally, after a six-year hiatus, we saw Windows 11 in 2021, and the company has pledged to continue developing the final two versions approximately every three months. Throughout the year, Microsoft has released various minor updates in small batches.

At the same time, major updates are planned once a year. But Windows Central reports that Windows 11 2023 feature update already “cancelled”This indicates that the big annual update model may be coming to an end altogether and these changes and new features planned for version 11 can now make its way to version 12.

Back to more clearly defined versions of Windows, according to the source may have advantages: This is an opportunity to make more significant UI changes or internal improvements and take advantage of the additional user awareness and media attention that accompanies major updates. It is also a chance to change the system requirements, ensuring that any system running Windows 12 has more powerful hardware than a system running Windows 11.

At the same time can be a disadvantage for third-party developers and IT administratorsbecause the constant change of Windows version will force their programs to adapt to more and more operating systems, which will turn into problems and bring us back to the “bad habit” of the past when administrators skip “less desirable” versions of Windows. (eg 8 or Vista), stay on the more popular ones and are more stable.