is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is changing how it releases major versions of Windows again, and it ...

Microsoft’s “Windows 12” will be designed as a more modular system that will enable quick, frequent updates without much handholding from the user, according to a new report. The company hasn’t ...

Microsoft is making clear that its strategy to retire Windows 10 later this year will proceed as planned, and that its primary focus after that will be Windows 11 and Copilot+ PCs. To that end, the ...

It might feel as though Windows 11 just came out yesterday, but Microsoft is already hard at work on its operating system’s next iteration. At Friday’s Ignite 2022—Microsoft’s annual development and ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. We are at a rare moment in Microsoft history, when the company that defined the modern PC is supporting a single version of its flagship operating ...

Will Windows 12 be a free upgrade? If you are a current Windows 11 user, it is fairly certain that the next major Windows upgrade will be free, much like the last upgrade. Microsoft typically offers ...

New hints by Microsoft are pointing toward a potential new floating taskbar design for the upcoming Windows 12. The new Windows 12 is reportedly the next operating system version after Windows 11. New ...

During Microsoft’s Ignite 2022 conference, it showed off a screenshot of a desktop running Microsoft Teams. The screenshot appeared to show a different version of Windows than we’re familiar with.

In a major change to its roadmap, Microsoft is returning to its three-year plan for new Windows upgrades. The new plan means we might see Windows 12 as early as 2024. According to a report by Windows ...

Over the past year, there's been an online debate over what Microsoft would call the next version of Windows. We all know Windows 11 is still trailing far behind Windows 10 regarding the number of ...

Windows 11 is more than a few years old and it is getting feature drops called “moments” every so often, as well as yearly updates. But what about the whole new Windows release that will come after ...

Windows 12 is coming in 2024, and some reports claim this will come in the next two years from Microsoft, with a chance to replace the current version of Windows 11 that was released to the world.