- Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 24H2 will be this year’s annual feature update for the desktop OS.
- Windows 11 will continue to have an annual feature update cadence, and Windows 11 24H2 will be released in the second half of this year.
- This confirms that Windows 12 will not be launching this year and that Windows 11 24H2 is the big Windows update for 2024.
Windows 11 has been a significant upgrade to the popular desktop OS, but users always look forward to the next update in the presumed form of Windows 12. Microsoft has been fairly tight-lipped about when Windows 12 will be released, but the company has finally revealed that it is not Windows 12 that is releasing any time soon. Instead, Windows’ next big update is called Windows 11 v24H2, and it will come out this year itself.
While announcing new Windows 11 Insider Preview builds, Microsoft mentioned in the changelog that the next big update for Windows will be called Windows 11, version 24H2 (as highlighted by XDA). This will be this year’s annual feature update. As the versioning suggests, the update will be released in the year’s second half, and Microsoft mentions that Windows 11 will have an annual feature update cadence.