Microsoft has announced that Windows 11 will be released on October 5 and will be offered as a free upgrade.
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The new Windows 11 operating system will be available on October 5, as a free upgrade for Windows 10 PCs or new hardware shipped with Windows 11 pre-installed.
The free upgrade, like many Windows upgrades in the past, will be available in phases. It will first be offered on new suitable devices and then Windows 11 will be available for most devices on the market. The difference between the phases is expected to last a few weeks after October 5 and will probably be accessible to all the machines provided, until the middle of 2022.
“Based on the vast learnings from Windows 10, we want to ensure we provide you with the best experience possible,” explained Aaron Woodman, general manager of Windows marketing at Microsoft . “We expect all eligible devices to be offered a free upgrade to Windows 11 by mid-2022.”
On existing Windows 10 PCs, Windows Update will notify users when the upgrade is available for them. You can also check if your device is eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade through Windows Update or the dedicated PC Health Check app (currently in preview).
Android applications in Windows 11 will not appear at startup.
While Windows 11 will launch on October 5, not all announced features will be available. Microsoft is bringing Android apps to Windows 11 in partnership with Amazon and Intel, but this feature will not be available on October 5.
A preview of Android apps on Windows 11 will only be available for Windows Insiders in the coming months.
Microsoft last week revealed a solution for those who don't meet the minimum requirements . You can install Windows 11 on any hardware using the ISO method, as long as the computer has a 64-bit processor with two or more cores, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a TPM chip. But if you use those requirements, your computer will be in an unsupported state. This means that an unsupported Windows 11 computer may not have access to Windows Update, even security patches.
If your computer is not fully compatible with Windows 11, Microsoft will continue to support Windows 10 until October 14, 2025.
It's unclear how many major updates Microsoft will release for Windows 10 over the next four years, however, a 21H2 update is coming to Windows 10 users later this year, and it will include GPU computing support in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), Windows Hello improvements, and WPA3 H2E Wi-Fi security support.
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