What but happened? Microsoft'south Windows 11 is nearly ready for the limelight. Redmond has announced that its adjacent major operating system will arrive on October v, 2022. On that twenty-four hours, the free upgrade to Windows xi will outset rolling out to eligible Windows 10 PCs and the kickoff new PCs pre-installed with Windows 11 will exist bachelor to buy.

Of course, merely considering Windows 11 will exist available on that twenty-four hour period doesn't mean you'll necessarily receive information technology right out of the gate. Microsoft in revealing the date said the free upgrade path volition be "phased and measured with a focus on quality."

Taking into account what they learned with Windows xi, Microsoft will make the upgrade available first to new eligible devices. Eventually, the upgrade will commencement rolling out to in-market devices based on "intelligence models" that consider things like hardware eligibility, reliability and the historic period of a device.

Microsoft expects all eligible devices to be offered the free upgrade by mid-2022.

Windows Update should automatically let yous know when your organization is eligible for upgrade, just you tin always have a look by going to Settings > Windows Update and manually doing so.

In the event you are in demand of a new calculator, Microsoft has several suggestions that transport with Windows 10 now only will be compatible with the free upgrade when the time comes. Examples include the Acer Swift 5 (SF514-55), the Asus Zenbook Flip 13 OLED UX363, the Dell XPS thirteen and of form, Microsoft'southward ain Surface Pro 7, just to name a few. Presumably, these systems will be among the offset to become the Os upgrade pick.

Microsoft reiterates that for those who take a PC that won't upgrade, and aren't however set up to buy a new device, Windows ten is the right selection. The company recently said it will go on supporting Win 10 through Oct fourteen, 2025, so if y'all're running that OS and fit the aforementioned criteria, yous've still got plenty of time to decide what you want to practice next.

Microsoft recently reevaluated its hardware requirements for Windows 11 and added a few additional Intel CPUs to the list. Still, the whole state of affairs is a chip confusing, especially if you desire to install a fresh copy of Windows eleven without upgrading from Windows 10. That's possible (and on older hardware), merely y'all'll have to utilize an ISO file for the install. Critically, Microsoft has said that such installs won't be entitled to Windows Updates and may also be banned from receiving security patches and driver updates.

If that is indeed the case, it'd be too much of a take chances to run "unsupported" hardware long term as vulnerabilities and flaws are going to somewhen be discovered. It seems Microsoft only wants such users to run Windows eleven long enough to get a taste of what it is all most, hopefully encouraging them to bite the bullet and splurge on a new organisation that is fully compatible with the new Bone.

Microsoft has too confirmed that Android app support won't be available at launch. This new feature, in collaboration with Amazon and Intel, will showtime exist offered to Windows Insiders in the coming months, we're told.