Microsoft’s next major Windows 11 update could bring its biggest AI upgrade yet
It’s starting to look like we’ll be getting a new Windows 11 update in the second half of 2024, which could add even more artificial intelligence (AI) features to the operating system.
Windows Latest Spotted References to the Update, Called “Hudson Valley” and also known as Windows 11 24H2, in a support document – and it seems that Microsoft may not have wanted the existence of this update to be made public.
However, Windows Latest discovered references to the EnumDeviceDrivers feature, which is used by system administrators and developers to communicate with Windows 11’s drivers.
The document referring to this feature also mentions Windows 11 version 24H2. The document explains that update 24H2 will change the way Windows 11 retrieves information from the EnumDeviceDrivers feature.
You can View the document yourselfbut it’s aimed at developers and other similar professionals, so it’s a bit of a dry read.
AI for the Windows guy
So there you have it: Microsoft is planning to update 24H2, which we can assume it is actively working on, and we can look forward to it sometime in the third or fourth quarter of 2024 if Microsoft doesn’t change course. This news follows recent reports pointing to a new preview build currently being tested internally, suggesting this could be the biggest AI upgrade coming to Windows 11 yet.
The last major Windows 11 update we saw was Windows 11 23H2, which Microsoft rolled out in late 2023 and included a preview of the Windows Copilot AI-powered digital assistant.
As insiders, tech experts and Microsoft enthusiasts eagerly await news about the next version of Windows, unofficially known as Windows 12, Windows Latest also speculated that we might not get this for a while. The former head of Windows and Surface at Microsoft, Panos Panay, left Microsoft in a surprising move, leading some to think that whoever takes over likely won’t start his tenure at Microsoft by leading the next major Windows release.
Microsoft has been clear and consistent in its intent to integrate AI into multiple Windows features and apps, such as Windows Copilot and Cocreator AI-powered assistants for apps like Notepad and Paint. It looks like it will be the Windows 11 update that will continue this process and we will have to keep looking forward to when more information about Windows 11 24H2 comes out, and if Microsoft does indeed put more AI efforts into Windows 11, it would could mean that Windows 12 won’t be around anytime soon.