Next Windows 11 Update Reportedly Launches on Sept. 20: What to Expect
The next update to Windows 11 is expected to drop on Sept. 20.
The news comes from The Verge’s Tom Warren(Opens in a new window), who has an excellent track record on Windows rumors and was among the first to hint about the original launch of Windows 11. He attributes the date to "sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans," and says the launch of Windows 11 22H2 will arrive via Windows Update a week after the traditional monthly Patch Tuesday.
In truth, the specific date isn’t of much importance to most Windows users, since these feature updates usually take several months to roll out to the entire base of hundreds of millions of PCs. Microsoft only releases feature updates to PC configurations tested for compatibility, and it takes months to verify that compatibility given the enormous number of different combinations of hardware and software in the multi-vendor PC ecosystem.
Not a whole helluva lot. The major changes came last year with the original move from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Perhaps the most noticeable change in 22H2 will be the revamped File Explorer, which finally gets tabs to match those in the macOS Finder—though this feature may not make it to the initial Sept. 20 release.
The Start menu will also get icon folders, and the Taskbar will support drag and drop. New accessibility features will include live captions for anything producing speech audio on the PC, and better Voice Access control of the computer. Snap Layouts will see improvements such as a keyboard shortcut call-up.
New video-editing software in the form of the template-based Clipchamp app should arrive with 22H2 as well.
Additional tablet touch gestures are also expected to arrive with the update, including a swipe from the taskbar to invoke
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