ChangeWindows

Changing Windows one build at a time. Keeping you up-to-date on all the Windows Updates. Will probably respond with the @Studio384-handle.

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Here's both Windows 10 and 11 over time.

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The article is sorely missing a graph.

You know what's the worst thing? Starting with Windows 10 v1809, the size of updates fell of a cliff. A trend that continued up to 23H2. 24H2 started good, then jumped the shark.

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But is it really AI's fault?

Windows 11 updates keep getting bigger, and AI gets blamed for it, but that’s not the real problem.

The deeper issues behind update bloat say a lot more about how Windows is built today and where Microsoft needs to focus next.

Our Windows and PC expert @EcceCale takes a deep dive into the size of Windows Updates and what's really going on lately.

Our latest feature at Windows Central👇
https://t.co/Ydk8DA41W7

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Here's Windows 10's graph. Note the sudden drop with 1809 and how it grows slower. Also note that the Y axis goes up to 2 GB, the Windows 11 chart goes up to 5 GB.

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@Ttkouhe And there are 3 Release Preview Channels and 4 General Availability Channels, but that's not what this chart is trying to show.

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The channels are changing again.

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@dxzdxz1 Skip Ahead dying had nothing to do with Windows 11, which only happened a good year later too.

And 27H2 ending up as "Windows 12" is also a bit of a leap, if only for the licensing and support shenanigans that would cause with 26H1/26H2.

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Yesterday, Microsoft actually inserted another Germanium release in the 2605 slot in the Alpha Ring.

So we're at 14 now. Germanium will probably remain the base for the forseable future.

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With 2606 yet again based on the Germanium codebase, it will have been the longest running base for Xbox OS on Xbox One and Series, leaping over it's original Windows 8.1-based OS.

Still, Blue has 18 releases, while Germanium with 2606 will have only 13.

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I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but Windows 12 isn't a thing.

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Windows 11, version 26H1 has officially entered its support lifecycle and will remain supported until March 14, 2028, and until March 13, 2029 for Edu and Enterprise.

https://t.co/8fNEraoIHq

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You can try it for yourself here: https://t.co/NG5i64HOby

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The web version of the Microsoft Store now allows you to create "Multi-app installs". The 48 apps divided over these 6 categories so far seem to be the only ones supported.

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Once you've selected your apps, you'll download an exe file that will open the Store and make it download and install the selected apps.

[Amanda Langowski @amanda_lango]

After an incredible journey leading the Windows Insider Program, I’m starting a new chapter and transitioning to a new position within Microsoft! 💙💜

[Yannick @Studio384]

For next year's anniversary, instead of a wallpaper, can we just get a sane preview program?

You know, like Apple does. Or Google does. One where when we pick to test out what's next, we actually get to test out what's next instead of just rolling a bunch of dice?

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@JaKaJeeM Should have said "desktop" version, but the point still stands. We're not talking about Server, Holographic, Team, or any other variant either.

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It took Microsoft nearly 11 year to finally finish the first version of Windows 10.

10240.21161 is out now.

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@ahernandez094 So are Team, HCI, Holographic, Mobile, and Server, but that isn't the point of what we're talking about.

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@ahernandez094 No, Windows 10 version 21H2 goes EOL on 12 January 2024. Windows 10 IoT version 21H2 goes EOL on 13 January 2032.

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@JaKaJeeM Let us know when that becomes a consumer version before then so we can amend the tweet.