{"id":50456,"date":"2026-11-10T06:34:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T05:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/the-next-big-windows-update-isnt-windows-12\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T06:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T05:34:54","slug":"the-next-big-windows-update-isnt-windows-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/the-next-big-windows-update-isnt-windows-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The next big Windows update isn\u2019t Windows 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn&#8217;t affect our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/about\/affiliate-link-policy\" target=\"_blank\">editorial independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> \t\t \t\t \t \t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\tInsiders claim Microsoft will skip Windows 12 in 2027, releasing a Windows 11 overhaul called 27H2 instead.\t\t\t \t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t     <\/p>\n<p>Microsoft recently rolled out <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=111346X1569483&#038;xs=1&#038;url=https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/servicing\/os\/windows-11\/2026\/09\/windows-11-version-26h2-update-history&#038;xcust=2-0-3280031-1-0-0-0-0&#038;sref=https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3280031\/windows-11-the-next-major-update-is-called-27h2-and-is-already-in-the-works.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-subtag=\"2-0-3280031-1-0-0-0-0\" data-domain-name=\"microsoft\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 11 26H2<\/a>, a major fall update, which proved to be smaller than expected. This was not only due to its compact file size, but also because it introduced relatively few new features. <\/p>\n<p>This raises question about what the future holds for Windows 11 in 2027. BetaNews <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com?id=111346X1569483&#038;xs=1&#038;url=https:\/\/betanews.com\/article\/windows-11-27h2-2027-overhaul\/&#038;xcust=2-0-3280031-1-0-0-0-0&#038;sref=https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3280031\/windows-11-the-next-major-update-is-called-27h2-and-is-already-in-the-works.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-subtag=\"2-0-3280031-1-0-0-0-0\" data-domain-name=\"betanews\">now reports<\/a> that Microsoft is already working on the next version of the operating system. However, this will not be Windows 12.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3280031\/windows-11-the-next-major-update-is-called-27h2-and-is-already-in-the-works.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. This doesn&#8217;t affect our editorial independence . Insiders claim Microsoft will skip Windows 12 in 2027, releasing a Windows 11 overhaul called 27H2 instead. Microsoft recently rolled out Windows 11 26H2, a major fall update, which proved to be smaller than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50457,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[36,1720],"class_list":["post-50456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tech","tag-mixtv","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}