Intel "betrayed" Microsoft! Windows 12 is here, and the new features are amazing

As the saying goes: "If you are not afraid of God's opponents, you are afraid of pig teammates", not only in the game, but also in reality, it often happens that they are "pitted" by partners. Some time ago, Intel's chief financial officer hinted at the Citi analyst conference that consumers will choose to upgrade their processors because of Windows next year.

Source: Intel

Although it is not explicitly stated, given Microsoft's close ties with Intel, the hint is actually very clear: a new version of Windows will be released next year, and with some previously exposed information, this new version may be Windows 12 that is still under development.

After only three years, Windows 11 is about to become a thing of the past?

Microsoft began to accelerate

In the eyes of many people, the update speed of Windows is actually quite slow, such as the classic Windows XP, from the release of 2001 to the launch of the next generation of Windows vista, it took five years, while Windows 7 to Windows 10 (Windows 8 is only deployed on mobile devices) is six years.

I believe that many friends' Windows system upgrade route, is XP-7-10, as for the middle vista and 8, one is complained about not popular, one is only deployed on mobile devices, for many people are quite unfamiliar, so that everyone feels that the major version update of Windows is almost carried out in 5 years.

Source: Microsoft

In fact, looking at the release time of successive versions of Windows, it will be found that Microsoft updates the system in 3-year intervals most of the time, from the launch of Windows 1.0 in 1985 to the release of Windows 3.0, only 5 years later, and the subsequent 95, 98, 2000 also maintained the same update speed, and launched Windows XP in the year after the release of Windows 2000.

In fact, only the version life of Windows 10 is really more than 5 years, from the launch in 2015 to the release of Windows 11 in 2021, Microsoft spent six years to prepare for the new major version update, and the result is clear to everyone, Windows 11 is essentially the UI beautification version of Windows 10, and it is not experienced in most daily use.

The reason why Windows 11 is late, Microsoft must not explain, but according to internal disclosures, because of the lack of new features and changes, the release plan of Windows 11 has been repeatedly postponed, and many small feature updates are directly integrated into the large version of Windows 10.

Some friends who pay attention to the Windows system should remember that in the update process of Windows 10, there are several versions that have changed a lot, in fact, some of the functions of Windows 11 are put in advance in the 10 update, in order to optimize according to the user experience.

Source: Weibo

Therefore, many people think that the upgrade from Windows 11 to Windows 12 will also refer to a similar way, gradually integrate new features into Windows 11 for testing, and finally launch a fully integrated version of Windows 12.

Considering that Microsoft's secrecy work has been doing well, such as Windows 11 was not exposed until shortly before its release, Windows 12 is currently only bits and pieces of information exposed. It is certain that Windows will usher in a major version update in 2024, and whether to continue Windows 11 or call it Windows 12 depends on Microsoft's ideas.

However, I personally think that Microsoft may directly use Windows 12 to name the new version, after all, 11's reputation is not as outstanding as 10, so far Windows 11 usage has not exceeded Windows 10, according to the analyst agency StatCounter report, Windows 10 global share is still more than 70%, and Windows 11 only 23.64%.

It is also a good solution to abandon the unpopular Windows 11 and directly launch the epoch-making Windows 12 to attract users to upgrade.

Windows 12 will be Microsoft's most changed system

Compared with the "unconscious upgrade" of Windows 11, Windows 12 is expected to become the largest upgrade version in Microsoft's previous system. The first is the desktop UI update, which comes from a Microsoft lgnite keynote hosted by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the PPT of which inadvertently leaked the concept design of Windows 12.

Although it is only an early conceptual design, it basically determines the design style of Windows 12, such as the design of widgets and icons closer to macOS and some Linux systems, making Windows 12 look more flexible and personalized.

For example, users can pin widgets to the desktop for faster control of applications and access to information. In fact, similar functions have been applied in some third-party beautification systems, and the personal experience is quite good, and it can also make the third-party beautification theme easier to achieve widget settings.

Source: BetaNews

In addition to providing custom software widgets, Microsoft also intends to apply the modular design to the underlying functions of Windows, so that Windows 12 can freely customize the functions according to the type of device and performance on board, avoiding the problem of too bloated system.

As we all know, Windows is currently one of the most compatible desktop systems, but strong compatibility also makes Windows perform better than macOS and Linux in terms of running efficiency and installation volume. Microsoft seems to have decided to solve this problem on Windows 12, through the modular low-level design, Microsoft can completely eliminate those meaningless functions, providing a purer and more efficient system for different devices.

Source: ASUS

These features will bring us a smoother, more personalized Windows system, but perhaps not what you want to see the most, we all know that the AI model is at the core of Microsoft's future plans, and Windows 12, which Microsoft has high hopes for, is certainly indispensable to the participation of AI.

At present, in the latest version of Windows 11, AI functions have become an important part, and in Windows 12, AI will become one of the core of the system to help users better use the computer. From the information exposed now, Windows 12's AI will be deeply involved in performance provisioning, operation assistance and other work.

Source: Microsoft

With the help of AI, the system can learn and predict your daily usage habits, providing faster response speed for the corresponding application; Or according to the content displayed on the screen, intelligently judge your usage scenario and optimize system settings, such as when you are watching a video, the system will automatically enhance the screen display and audio system, and when gaming, it will switch to the game display mode.

In addition, AI can also help you judge the information in the display screen, such as helping you avoid possible fraudulent websites, fraudulent information, quickly find the information you need for you, etc., through the help of AI, you can use the computer more easily. Moreover, based on the natural language understanding capabilities of AI large models, Windows 12 is expected to deploy a truly mature voice assistant, and integrate with the underlying functions to achieve real voice control of the computer.

However, to achieve such a powerful AI function, you definitely need to configure a professional AI processor or module for the PC, considering the APU module that Intel 14th generation Core processors will be equipped with, it is not surprising why Intel's CFO will say that Windows will become a new driving force for people to upgrade computers.

A truly intelligent computer, I'm afraid this is the biggest change that Windows 12 can bring us. However, all the information at present comes from internal leaks, and no one knows how the final product will be, and perhaps we will not be able to see Windows 12 until the second half of next year.