Windows 11S next annual upgrade is rolling out as Microsoft now makes the final preparations to release the 25H2 update.
Windows recent reports That Microsoft is now uploading Windows 11 25H2 to its servers and that the latest build (version 26200.6584) is apparently now the final RTM (release to producers) candidate.
What this means is that the 25H2 update is done and ready for PC manufacturers (to install on new machines in the future) -and given this it must be made available to anyone running Windows 11 very soon.
In theory, it may mean we see Windows 11 25H2 roll out in a week or possibly two, but it is definitely imminent (prevents any disaster at the last minute). Previously we expected one end of September or Early October rollingSo this fits that timeline. It also means that the latest version of Windows 11 will be implemented before the curtain falls for Windows 10’s end of the support deadline In mid -October.
Windows latest also points out something interesting, as the best thing about 25H2 could actually land first to Windows 11 24h2 users. Confused? Let me explain.
Analysis: A truly lukewarm upgrade
As Microsoft has made clear before, 25h2 update is a minor upgrade. All features for this update are already in place within Windows 11 24h2, and 25H2 is what is known as an ‘enablement package’ that simply flips to the switch to turn on these capabilities.
However, the twist with 25H2 is that all these features also come to them on 24h2. The biggest change with 25h2 is Redesigned Start menu that streamline the layout to a single panel (and allows you to beat the recommended paragraph, a big step forward with regard to dispensing with Microsoft’s different nudging and promotional bits and pieces).
This over -sighted start menu comes to both 25H2 and 24H2 via a phase roll -out, Microsoft told Windows latest, which means it may not arrive for those who grab 25H2 right away – and people staying on 24h2 can even get it first (it’s a roll of the dice when it appears, at least to some degree).
As Windows latest clarifies, each new feature comes in -depth for the 25H2 – Start -Menu Rejig included – to 24h2, which is an unusual situation. (At least as far as I can remember, anyway – while some features may be delivered to the previous incarnation of Windows, there is usually something only new to those who make upgrade).
You might be asking now: What is the poem with 25h2, then? Well, inevitably version 25h2 will not be accurate the same as 24h2. I would be surprised if there were no minor additions in the way of new features exclusively to this latest version, honestly, if only small bits and pieces.
And although not, there is probably work done under the hood with 25h2 to smooth over the inner function of Windows 11 – and maybe even increase performance in some respects. Granted, on the latter front, suggests early testing that There are no services lift with 25h2But the benchmarking did not use the final version of the update (not quite) – and it does not exclude certain bites of the interface that potentially run smoothly.
You also have a longer timeline for support of 25H2 (an extra year), but in the end there is not much to tempt Windows 11 users to upgrade here. The result is that although Windows 11’s next annual update is definitely imminent, there will not be much of a hurry to get it – as it doesn’t do much.
And in fact, the biggest change, the new starting menu layout, may come to those who sit on 24h2 first – it’s the happiness of the draw that is based on your special hardware and software configuration and what way the update winds blow.
