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If a Windows 12 does eventually make its debut, what might it include, and when?

Here’s everything we think we know, and what we’d like to see, in Windows 12.

Windows 12 splah

The next earliest date we could see a Windows 12 is in 2025.

This would follow the same path as Windows 11 did when it was unveiled in 2021.

It also requires a TPM, and a minimum of 4GB RAM.

A potential Windows 12 could up these requirements further.

Windows Specifications

Windows 12 could require PCs with newer processors.

These are all theoretical features at this time.

The feature was supposed to launch on June 18 alongside Copilot+ PCs,but was delayed after backlash.

Windows 12 mockup

Microsoft leaked a UI concept in 2022, and this is what it looked like.

Windows AI Copilot

New features for Windows 12 would likely be heavily AI based.

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The Windows 11 Start menu apps list.

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Windows 11 Official

Windows 10 to 11 upgrade preparation

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Windows 11 Wallpaper

Windows 11 system features

Windows 11 Start menu

Windows 11 battery usage

Copilot Vision for Windows announcement

Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI.

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Diablo 4 Season 7 Season of the Witch

Marathon gameplay reveal

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the United Nations General Assembly seen on a laptop computer in Hastings on the Hudson, New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 22. 2020.

Rockstar Games' Grand Theft Auto VI trailer played on a screen in front of the game title.