Microsoft believes in simplifying the name of Windows Updates…even if no one cares

A new mention has appeared from a Windows 11 user and suggests that Microsoft wants to abandon its famous codenames.

The Redmond company has always made it a point of honor to name its various major updates.

Microsoft takes care of its updates by giving them nicknames

Those of you with the most memory will remember, for example, the “Creators Update” of Windows 10. This update brought many new features, both for the most creative and for the general public.

With Windows 10, Microsoft had already changed gears by naming its updates by the month and year of their release, such as Windows 10 2004 (for April 2020), which could be a problem for the publisher when the latter missed the planned release date.

Finally, the American company has gotten us used to code names. For example, the next Windows 11 update is decked out with a 22H2 that means nothing except for the most attentive brand fans or Microsoft executives.

A last major update before Windows 12?

If the majority of users do not care about the names given to the updates of their operating system and are content to just install them when Windows 11 offers them, Microsoft seems to want to get out of this gloubi-boulga.

A user of the operating system, called @XenoPanther on Twitter, was indeed surprised to see the more explicit mention “Windows 11 2022 Update” appear in the Get started software after installing what is still known as Windows 11 22H2.

This renaming of updates likely has to do with the new patch cycle Microsoft is adopting, which will see Windows 11 revert to a three-year cycle of updates and improvements before a new release, which could well be Windows 12. in 2024.

Microsoft would also stop offering large regular updates to release its new features throughout each year, tested well in advance of their release in the various beta release cycles. According to various rumors, we should not expect a Windows 11 23H2 update, or Windows 11 2023 Update, next year.

Source : The Verge