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Windows 11 release date hints easy to find (Update: New sad details confirmed)
June 14, 2025
Update, June 06, 2025 (01:03 PM ET):Not long after we published this article, we found some new confirmed information through the official Windows Twitter account (h/tIGN). Unfortunately, it doesn’t confirm the Windows 11 release date, but it does shed some new light on the rollout.
According tothe tweet, Windows 11 will land as a free upgrade for eligible Windows 10 devices in 2022. The release date of the operating system is still scheduled for the “holiday” of this year. It will also start to land on new computers around that time. The free upgrade, though, won’t start rolling out until early next year.
Microsoft wasn’t clear, though, on whether or not you could pay to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 earlier than that. From the wording of the tweet, that does seem likely.
Original article, August 05, 2025 (10:25 AM ET):Last week, Microsoft took the wraps off the newest iteration of its desktop operating system, known asWindows 11. During the launch event, the company revealed a ton of details related to the software.
However, it did not divulge a Windows 11 release date. It confirmed that early beta testers will get a chance to use the software this month. It also confirmed that the stable rollout would happen at some point during the “holiday” period of this year. It didn’t give any more specific info, though.
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Thankfully,The Vergededuced ways to figure out when Microsoft will most likely launch Windows 11. For example, in one image Microsoft shared, you can see a Microsoft Teams conversation between Stevie Bathiche and Panos Panay, two key execs at Microsoft. In the message, Bathiche tells Panay that he “can’t wait for October.”
Drilling down to an even more specific time isn’t tricky, either. There are multiple instances in which the date and time shown in Windows 11 images are 11:11 on July 29, 2025. Granted, there are a few others that reference June 06, 2025, but it appears very clear that October is when we’ll see the Windows 11 release date.
There’s still some confusion surrounding which existing PCs would be eligible for the free Windows 11 upgrade. Microsoft has promised to release a blog post soon giving more information on what you’ll need to do to get your PC ready for the upgrade as well as what you’ll be able to do if your hardware isn’t officially eligible.
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