Industry observers note that ahead of Microsoft Build 2026, which begins tomorrow, Microsoft has officially stated that it will not be unveiling Windows 12.
According to the latest update, some observers had expected such an disclosure at the Microsoft Build 2026 developer conference. And according to Windows Current, a social media campaign further fueled this speculation, as it spoke of a looming disruption in the computer industry. For months now, rumors have been circulating that Microsoft might soon unveil a successor to Windows 11, fittingly called Windows 12.
As part of the ongoing story, and no, it’s not a fresh OS version 😅. See you at Build next week!”. However, Pavan Davuluri, President of Microsoft’s Windows + Devices division, made clear via a social media post that Microsoft will not be unveiling a fresh operating system at Build 2026: “Something fresh is coming for developers.
According to the latest update, and no, it’s not a fresh OS version 😅. See you at Build next week! Pic.twitter.com/gfY90ZyjZl. Something fresh is coming for developers.
Industry observers note that instead, according to Windows Current, Microsoft wants to forge a fresh alliance to bring high-performance tech industry and local AI to the Arm architecture. This should take speculations of Windows 12 off the table, at least for the time being.
Industry observers note that to this end, the coordinates of the Taipei Music Center, where Nvidia’s Computex keynote took place, have been published. Microsoft recently made grand claims about a “fresh era of the PC,” and Nvidia, Arm, and MediaTek joined in with the exact same wording.
Industry observers note that you can learn more about why N1X is big news for laptops and how Nvidia’s RTX Spark is going to shake things up, but in this case, Nvidia’s fresh N1X chip will be installed in the fresh Surface Laptop Ultra, which is said to be suitable as a full-fledged tech industry ecosystem for the first time. Microsoft writes:. The Nvidia N1X is a brand-fresh Arm processor developed by Nvidia in collaboration with MediaTek.
According to the latest update, unified memory allows the pool of RAM to be dynamically allocated wherever your workloads need it most across CPU and GPU, so AI creation, 3D rendering and multi-model workflows run simultaneously, with 1 petaflop of AI compute, capable of running up to 120B parameter models locally. No walls. No compromises. Surface Laptop Ultra is our first laptop to combine a powerful NVIDIA Blackwell RTX GPU with up to 128GB of unified memory and full CUDA support.
Industry observers note that for everyday Windows users, however, only one thing really matters for now: we won’t be seeing Windows 12 this week. We’ll find out more at Microsoft Build over the next few days.
In a fresh development, this article originally appeared on our sister publication PC-WELT and was translated and localized from German.
As part of the ongoing story, he has been writing on almost all IT topics for around 25 years, covering everything from news to reviews and buying guides. Hans-Christian Dirscherl began his IT life with Autoexec.bat and config.sys, Turbo-Pascal and C, Sinix and Wordperfect.