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The interface refresh itself is apparently known as Sun Valley internally at Microsoft. We've known for a while that 2021 would bring a refresh to the Windows design, but it now appears to be bearing fruit as a new version codenamed Cobalt, officially called Windows 11.

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It also probably wanted to stick with a successful version of Windows given that while 2001's Windows XP and 2009's Windows 7 were massively successful, the in-between versions of 2006's Windows Vista and Windows 8/8.1 (2012-13) weren't that well received.

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Windows 10 X dead: Why can't Microsoft make a lightweight version of Windows?.The reason for that is fairly simple, Microsoft has iterated Windows 10 through twice-yearly updates, but not brought forth any fundamental changes. Microsoft has been stuck on Windows 10 for quite some time - since 2015 in fact. There are also a bunch of other apps no longer present and these include the old Internet Explorer. Interestingly there are a bunch of features missing from Windows 11 which we've detailed in a separate feature but these include Live Tiles - replaced by the Widgets sidebar - Tablet Mode, Timeline and Cortana being front and centre. Microsoft says it will welcome any type of app to the store - not just 'native' store apps even if developers use their own ways of taking customer payments. Microsoft wants to position Windows as a platform for other stuff more than ever. Microsoft Teams will, however, be baked into the operating system it seems, seemingly now being preferred to the officially forgotten Skype.įor gaming, Windows 11 supports Auto HDR from Xbox Series X which adds HDR to games built for DirectX 11 or later. It's been reported that this process won't be easy since you will need to sign in to an Amazon account to download it first. The apps will come from the Amazon Appstore, so there won't be quite the range that you'd get on Google Play. Touch targets have also been made larger so it's easier to use for touch.Īndroid apps will also now be able to be installed on Windows 11 via the Microsoft Store which itself will be redesigned. On tablets, snapped Windows change orientation if you move to portrait from landscape. Windows 11 will also remember how you laid out your windows on an external display and give you access to that layout when you re-dock. Windows can now be arranged in different ways, while Windows will remember your layouts so you can easily get back to them in future. Snap groups and Snap layouts are particularly cool - enabling you to have greater flexibility and choice over how you set up your display with multiple windows. Windows 11 features various interface tweaks including a new Start menu that looks more like an app launcher, more rounded corners, snap controls that let you pin a window to a spot in your screen (and snap groups), a new Widgets area and icon in the taskbar and a new Windows setup experience. Snap groups enable you to set up your screen how you want.Widgets mean there's lots of scope for customisation.

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The more stringent requirements are thanks to the security measures that processors made from that date onwards have, support for a TPM (Trusted Platform Module) is officially mandatory - though it seems it may be possible to install it on older machines in the future (Microsoft is currently testing it on 7th gen Intel Core PCs, for example).Ĭoincidentally, you'll now need to have a Microsoft Account to set up Windows 11 Home though this isn't the case for other versions.

We've covered this off in more detail in our Windows 11 system requirements feature but this time Microsoft says you can only install it on processors made from roughly 2016-17 onwards - for Intel PCs that's 8th generation Core and up (plus certain Celeron, Pentium and Atom chips).

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Microsoft's PC Health Check app will tell you if your PC is supported.

Support for TPM (Trusted Platform Module) required.

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How to download Windows 11: Here's how you'll update later in the year.Of course, there will still be security updates for all, too. Windows 11 will reportedly move to a single major feature update per year rather than the two we currently get with Windows 10.

We're expecting the Windows 11 release date to be 5 October 2021, but you can download it in beta form before that.Ī very early build has now been rolled out available to Windows Insiders - people registered in a pre-release programme.

Available to Windows Insiders as an early build.