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Hello! Thanks for reading! It's been a while since my last update. This time I'll write about the surprise announcement of "Windows 11."
The Announcement
On June 24, Microsoft officially announced, as the next-generation Windows, "Sun Valley" (development codename: Sun Valley), which it had continued to develop, under the name Windows 11. The surprising part is that back in 2015, Microsoft had announced that Windows 10 was "the last version of Windows." So this announcement really came as a shock. "The last" didn't mean it would receive no more updates going forward. It meant a change in the development cycle — a shift from major version upgrades once every several years to an agile development approach that updates features twice a year. Perhaps the intent was to keep users from agonizing at every major update over "should I update? But what if there are bugs or my data gets wiped?" So does this update mean the end of the agile approach? Apparently not. Microsoft has announced plans to provide a free upgrade within the year to PCs running Windows 10, provided they meet the hardware requirements. In other words, Windows 11 will also be delivered in the agile manner.
Concretely, the taskbar icons are now center-aligned, and the Start menu is now displayed in the middle of the desktop.
On the feature side, a notable addition is window-layout management features, starting with Snap Layouts. From a window's "Maximize" button, you can select a layout and place the window at the position and size you want on the desktop. Other topics include "Microsoft Teams" being integrated into the taskbar as a chat app, and the "Microsoft Store" app being enhanced so you can obtain and run Android apps via the "Amazon Appstore." Gaming features have also been significantly enhanced: "DirectX 12 Ultimate," which unifies the graphics platform with "Xbox" and brings new technologies such as real-time ray tracing; the "DirectStorage API," which greatly shortens game load times; and "Auto HDR," which automatically upgrades game image quality from SDR to HDR — all of which support the user's gaming experience. Conversely, some things are going away. "Internet Explorer" will be disabled. At last. In addition, "Cortana" will no longer launch at system startup. And wallpaper will no longer sync across devices.
Below I've included Windows 11's official introduction video and links to related news.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6d77a57d8d9be03fb88396138fdb8034f4acfef1
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/8f9dba18511ad60866767735143031106d88c700
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/2d1ae5b06efbae99cb9149a9e562973bab38d7b5
In Closing
That was a brief write-up. Will you all update? If it's free, I'm thinking of giving it a try! Thank you for reading!