There’s a saying that ‘demons laugh when you think regarding next year’, but there may be more updates tomorrow, coming in 2024 before sorting out Microsoft’s series of OpenAI-related announcement rushes. I would like to introduce the topic of “Windows” 12 “, which is rumored to be.
When Microsoft announced Windows 10, it was thought that “Windows 10 is the last Windows” and that the name “10” would continue with updates, but the company announced that it will be released in 2021. “Windows 11” was suddenly announced in June, and software corresponding to the development code name of “Sun Valley”, which was thought to be the name of the update focused on improving the UI of Windows 10, was changed to Windows’ “numbering”. There is a history of promotion to the title.
As long as there is such a precedent, there is no room for doubt even if it is said that the sequel “Windows 12” will appear, but I will summarize the background and the information that is currently known.
Triggered by the establishment of “Canary Channel”
It is widely known among those involved that the Windows Insider Program consists of three channels, “Dev Channel”, “Beta Channel”, and “Release Preview”, but the positioning of each is controversial, including criticism ( Uyo) There are twists and turns, and as of early March 2023, it is divided as follows.
- Dev Channel: It has a strong implication of a functional testing ground, and various functions are tested in advance.Features tested here may not necessarily make it into production
- Beta Channel: Features included in the next major update of Windows (currently called “Moment”) are introduced in advance, and in some cases, this channel precedes the Dev Channel.
- Release Preview: It corresponds to a kind of “stable version” that can be tested immediately before providing a large update.A channel for wide-area deployment of updates and pre-confirmation of applications
When the Windows Insider Program started offering, the equivalent of the Dev Channel was a place to “try the latest Windows”, but this role has now been transferred to the Beta Channel. The Dev Channel is a testing ground for testing elements that may be introduced in the future, and the build number is also distinguished from the 22,000 range of the other two channels, and the numbers are also large, in the 25,000 range. It is “skipping”.
However, on March 6 (US time)Announced on the official blogAccording to the news, a new “Canary Channel” has been added, taking over the area previously handled by the Dev Channel.
Former Dev Channel users will be migrated to the Canary Channel, and the Dev Channel will be assigned a new build number in the 23,000s. It is positioned close to the Beta Channel, but Microsoft seems to distinguish it by saying that “Dev Channel will include somewhat newer features ahead of it.”
The Canary Channel (previously called “Canary Ring”) was equivalent to a special advanced development version that might only be accessed internally by Microsoft until now, but in this operation, although the name is “Canary”, it is completely It seems that it was just given a role equivalent to Dev Channel.
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