Windows 11
Windows 11 is the next major release of Microsoft's Windows operating system, announced on June 24, 2021. It is thought to be released later this year and come as a free upgrade from Windows 10 through Windows Update.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite is a new Arm-based SoC designed specifically for Windows 11 devices, and it could end up being a game changer.
In the Beta channel a new change is rolling out that means when users hover the mouse over the Copilot icon in the taskbar, the AI's panel pops open.
Microsoft's newest operating system is struggling to make meaningful progress in terms of adoption, with Windows 10 gaining more users last month.
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11 users will be losing official support for thousands of apps after support for these apps arrived in 2021.
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Microsoft is rolling out the ability for users to drag and drop a file to Copilot, which the AI will then summarize, saving a whole lot of effort.
This is such a neat idea, it's difficult to believe it hasn't happened before - and it's a definite boon for Android phone owners with a Windows 11 PC.
Copilot gets plugins and new abilities to tweak Settings in Windows 11, with AI features also coming to the Photos app and Clipchamp.
Windows 11 gamers who play with a DualSense controller - or indeed two of them - should make haste and grab the new Intel Wireless Bluetooth Driver.
Some folks are encountering a sluggish loading taskbar when their PC first boots up to the desktop, but a new Beta build has the cure.
A killer new Windows 11 feature could be coming later this year, the ability to receive a security update without having to reboot your PC.
Never mind Cocreator, Paint might get far more in-depth image creation chops where you can sketch out the composition you want, then let the AI go to work.
The good news is that Microsoft has acknowledged this bug and is knocking up a fix, with a workaround already provided for Windows 11 23H2 and 22H2.
There's a file in the Paint application which hints that Microsoft is planning a new feature that'll use the NPU in chips like Meteor Lake.
Microsoft will automatically update Windows 11 devices to the recent 23H2 version of the Operating System, with its 'intelligent ML model' in charge.
Want to ban the news feed from the widget panel? Now you can, and the latest preview builds also introduce a smart accessibility feature.
Microsoft's latest brainwave is a YouTube clip for Windows 11 that appears to be a couple of years too late, and badly misjudged in other respects.
Color Management is getting an overhaul in Windows 11 to make it easier to setup new profiles and customize your display and apps for the best results.
Tulpar's new gaming handheld: Intel Meteor Lake-H processor, Arc Graphics 5, 8-inch 1200p display, 32GB LPDDR5X, runs Windows 11, and more.
Windows 11 24H2 is coming with a new 'POPCNT' instruction that'll certainly pop the bubble of anyone running Microsoft's OS on a potato PC from yesteryear.
Microsoft has rolled out a new feature within the Windows 11 insider build of 24H2 that may enable resolution upscaling across all applications.
After rumors already strongly suggested that Windows 11 24H2 update was what we'd get this year, and not Windows 12, this is now official.
Moment 5 is about to arrive, rumor has it, though it won't be much of an update - the big move will be Windows 11 24H2 (probably) later this year.
All this sounds a bit rich given Microsoft's wider deployment of 'suggestions' and nagging to use its various other services in Windows 11 recently.
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Although even if we get a 24H2 update, rather than an all-new Windows (maybe Windows 12), this is still expected to be a major upgrade either way.
The setup process was changed in the latest build in the Canary channel, but it turns out this tweak has been lurking in the background for 10 years.
If you're fond of WordPad, here's some bad news - it's going to be stripped out of existing Windows 11 installations going forward.
Previously, testers who wanted to leave the Windows Insider scheme needed to start from scratch with a new installation of the OS - but not any longer.
Sticky Notes is getting some kind of revamp that'll be a major announcement, we're told - and no, it isn't becoming a web app (apparently).
Windows 11 is getting a big update this year that's going all in on AI, and rumors suggest that Microsoft could end up calling it 'Windows 12'
The previous remote capture feature has been ditched by Microsoft, and a new hook-up between Android phones and Windows 11 PCs is being tested.
Microsoft is testing new USB4 2.0 standard with its latest Windows 11 Insider Preview build, with USB4 2.0 offering an absolutely blistering 80Gbps.
Microsoft has plenty of ideas for its Copilot AI assistant, and this one falls in the category of a simple change, but a useful one for sure.
Microsoft is experimenting with having Copilot AI appear as soon as Windows 11 boots, but it's not clear which users this will affect.
Can't wait for Cowriter to appear in Windows 11's Notepad app? The full interface for this incoming AI feature has been spotted and posted on X.
Intel's PROSet Wi-Fi Software version 23.20.0 has arrived, bringing with it a fix for a nasty Windows 11 crash caused by heavy traffic on the network.
WordPad might be ditched, but Microsoft continues to refine Notepad, and it seems that it's the next of Windows 11's default apps that'll get AI skills.
Leaked HP spec sheets for its Spectre notebooks suggest we'll get the Windows 11 2024 Update later this year as opposed to Windows 12.
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Microsoft is rolling out a new piece of functionality that gives Copilot the ability to help users with finding their way around Windows 11.
Nasty bugs causing havoc with some popular PC games have been hanging around in Windows 11 previews for months now, and more titles are now affected.
Statcounter shows Windows 11 has flatlined over the past few months in terms of adoption, and Windows 10 users aren't being tempted into upgrading.
Good news, gamers - ASRock is the first motherboard maker to introduce RGB lighting sync support for Windows 11's smart new Dynamic Lighting feature.
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If you recall, there was a problem with the Media Creation Tool whereby it still installed the 22H2 incarnation - but that has now been fixed.
Microsoft has admitted that even though the Media Creation Tool says it'll install 23H2, it will fetch 22H2 - as optimization work is still required.
Microsoft's Windows 11 2023 Update, the big update for the year (aka 23H2), is now rolling out - but you may already have a lot of the main features here.
We've spotted reports of reboot loops that have tied up the Windows 11 PC for some time, frustrating some users - although this is a preview update.
You can now un-RAR a RAR file in Windows 11 without the need to install WinRAR. But, there's no current support for password protected files.
Google's put a different spin on its Google Play Games app for Windows 11 by including native PC titles, and not just Android games.
Well, we were expecting that the latest GPT-4 Turbo model would come to the free spin on Copilot in time - but definitely not this swiftly.
New AI features are expected to include a huge stride forward with AI Explorer - a supercharged AI-powered search - and a big change to the Paint app.
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RTX graphics card owners, rejoice - it looks like NVIDIA's HDR trickery for videos will come to games, too, and will be better than Windows 11's take.
Microsoft announced it was killing support for its most popular operating system, and now we are starting to see the results of the announcement.
It seems all new AI PCs, and more broadly all laptops, will be going for 16GB of RAM this year, as that's the minimum reportedly stipulated by Microsoft.
Security update that comes alongside the cumulative update for January has been misbehaving with installation failure errors on some PCs.
Windows 11's new update for January also has a scattering of reported problems, but it's too early to judge whether they'll have any real impact.
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Microsoft's next-gen Windows 11 is nearly here, with the Windows 11 Preview Build now out and here's a guide on how to install it.