IT Home reported on May 10 that although there have been rumors that Microsoft will release Windows 12 since the beginning of 2023, Microsoft has not officially issued any response until now, but has been urging 1 billion Win10 users to upgrade to Win11 as soon as possible.
Similarly, the widely speculated Win11 24H2 version did not become the first version of Win12, and 25H2 is expected to arrive soon. Despite Microsoft’s silence, rumors of Win12 are still circulating among the user community and in the developer community.
Microsoft’s official Windows X account unexpectedly sparked a discussion among overseas netizens today with a self-deprecating tweet with the sentence “People always like to ask me ‘when will Windows 12 be released’, but no one cares about ‘how the person who runs the account is doing today’”, but judging from the comment area, it is still mostly ridiculed. This may be the first time that Microsoft has “officially” explicitly mentioned “Windows 12”.
When Qualcomm released the Snapdragon X Elite processor in 2023, it clearly stated that it “will be an important driver of Windows 12”, which sparked the imagination of users.
Storage giant Micron also said last year that the release of Windows 12 will accelerate the wave of PC replacement, and with the end of support for Windows 10 (IT Home Note: October 14, 2025), it will form a “double stimulus” for AI PC upgrades.
In addition, GitHub has previously appeared as an open source project that mimics the Windows 12 interface, with more than 2,700 Star stars in two weeks, partly reflecting the expectations of users for Win12.
However, Microsoft has previously made it clear at CES in January 2025 that 2025 is the “year of Windows 11 PC updates”, and millions of users are expected to migrate to Windows 11 and the newly launched Copilot+ PC. This cold attitude contrasts with the industry’s enthusiasm for Win12, which makes users very unhappy.
A few days ago, Microsoft also blogged about the many AI features that will be updated with Windows 11’s Copilot+ PC, and in addition to introducing the new features, Microsoft obviously wants to “sell” the Copilot+ PC to Windows 10 users.
For users who are still using Windows 10, Microsoft says that it is time to upgrade to Windows 11 “with an eye to the future”, but what to do if the device really can’t be upgraded, Microsoft recommends that it is best to buy a Copilot+ PC.
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