Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will be released on October 5. The new operating system will be available as a free update for Windows 10 PCs, or on new hardware that is available. ships with Windows 11 preloaded.
The free update to Windows 11 will begin rolling out on October 5. However, like many previous Windows updates, it will be available in phases. First the update will be offered to the new devices that have the technical characteristics, and then Windows 11 will be available for more devices on the market in the weeks and months after October 5.
“After the great Windows 10 learnings, we want to make sure we give you the best possible experience,” explained Aaron Woodman, general manager of Windows marketing at Microsoft. “We hope that all devices ‘Eligible’ will be offered the free upgrade to Windows 11 in mid-2022 “.
On existing Windows 10 PCs, Windows Update will let people know when the update is available for Windows 11. It is also You can check if the computer applies for Windows 11 update through Windows Update, or Microsoft’s dedicated PC health check app (currently in preview).
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In principle, limited functions
While Windows 11 will be released on October 5, not all of the announced features will be available. Microsoft will bring Android apps to Windows 11 in partnership with Amazon and Intel, but this feature will not be available as soon as it can be updated, for instance.
A preview of Android apps in Windows 11 will be available to Windows Insiders in the coming months, suggesting that it is likely It won’t be released for all Windows 11 users until 2022.
Microsoft clarified its minimum system requirements for Windows 11 last week, but it also revealed a fix for those that don’t meet them. In principle, you need a computer with a 1 GHz 64-bit processor with two or more cores, 4 GB of RAM, 64 GB of storage and a TPM 1.2 chip, which was the one that generated the most controversy.
If the PC or laptop is not fully compatible with Windows 11, Microsoft will continue to support Windows 10 until October 14, 2025. However, it is unclear how many major updates Microsoft will release for Windows 10 over the next four years.
A 21H2 update for Windows 10 users will arrive later this year that includes GPU compute support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Windows Hello improvements and WPA3 H2E Wi-Fi security support.
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