According to the information obtained by the outlet Deskmodder.de, Microsoft will start preparing for Windows 12 in March. In the preparation phase, they are already looking for employees who can additionally support the team. SwiftOnSecurity also confirmed this information.
Originally Windows 10 was supposed to be the “last” Windows, but a few months later it was revealed that Microsoft was working on Windows 11. And with that in mind, the next Windows has to be Windows 12, right? And it looks like we’re headed in that direction, as a Twitter user and award-winning Microsoft MVP security expert @SwiftOnSecurity says development on the new OS has already begun.
This has also been confirmed by the Deskmodder website, which gives us a date for work to begin.
So Windows 12 is on the waiting list, and multiple sources are already claiming that development will begin in March this year.
Key elements, some of which Microsoft has already released with Windows 11 or will release with the 2022 Fall Update (“22H2”), include:
Mandatory, a Microsoft account in Home and Pro security, TPM 2.0, and Secure Boot. Integration of the “Microsoft Pluton” security chip Completely new underpinning, nothing from other operating systems. Adoption of Windows 10X approaches.
Future versions of Windows 11 Professional, such as the Insider Preview and Home Edition, should require a Microsoft account and can no longer be installed offline.
Windows 11 is indispensable in a way, as everything has to be adapted to the new times. Among the most important innovations is an improved task scheduler that makes PCs more efficient when Intel’s Alder Lake processors with hybrid architecture become mainstream. System security is also given great importance. Microsoft feels secure enough to sacrifice many of the older generation CPUs available (Intel Kaby Lake or earlier, AMD Ryzen 1000 or earlier).
So far, Windows 11 doesn’t seem to have particularly captured the hearts and minds of PC users. But Windows also has the legendary good version/bad version cycle. Due to this fact, and perhaps also due to pressure from system and component manufacturers to promote hardware upgrades, Microsoft might return to regular major Windows version updates.