- Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25h2 is this year’s update
- Update is now officially in tests
- It will be a more lower update delivered as a ‘enabling package’ and that is something good, since we are likely to see less errors than with 24h2
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 25h2 is the next update for its desktop operating system, which arrives at the end of this year.
That ends whispers that we could see the release of Windows 12, or as the next incarnation of the operating system is called, later this year. However, the hope of that had already decreased to the Moorbound embers with all honesty.
The announcement came in a Microsoft’s blog post that marked Tom hardware.
Microsoft told us: “Today, Windows 11, version 25h2 was available to the Windows Insider community, before a broader planned availability for the second half of 2025.”
The Windows Insider community is the formal name for those who are testing Windows 11, executing prior views of the operating system (in several channels, from the oldest constructions in the Canary Canal to the Poison Preak channel, which, as its name, is one step away from the version).
Therefore, some of these evaluators now officially use Windows 11 25h2, and Microsoft also confirmed another suspicion that has been previously issued on the next major update for the operating system, which is what is known as a ‘enabling package’ or ‘EKB’ for abbreviation.
This means that the movement at 25h2 will be a rapid update for those in Windows 11 24h2, and as Microsoft expresses, the update will be “as easy as a fast restart.”
In general, it would be expected that the 25h2 update arrives in September or October, and would not expect it before, I would not rule out the possibility of a November launch. As always, it will be a continuous launch, so it could take some time to reach its PC.
Analysis: Less characteristics, but less problems?
How are you using the Microsoft enabling package delivery method here to guarantee a quick and simple update? It is because 25h2 is based on the same ‘branch of service’ as 24h2, which means they use the same code. They are, for all purposes, the same, except that 25h2 has some additional characteristics added to the upper part, and because these versions of Windows 11 are the same code base, these characteristics can effectively pregindy the devices that execute 24h2.
What this means is that when it comes to applying the update, it is already in place, and it only has to be enabled. Therefore, the phrase ‘Habilitation package’, and with only a simple switch that is triggered to activate the functions of 25h2 when the update is sent live, it is basically a fast restart, and that’s it. At least in theory, anyway, except any problem.
However, what this also means is that there will be no important changes with Windows 11 25h2. A version of enabling package is a quick and fast implementation, but nothing important changes with the Windows 11 code, as noted, so we are likely to obtain a fairly limited spoonful of new features with 25h2.
In summary, he does not believe his hopes for anything from Earthshaking this year with respect to Microsoft changes in Windows 11. However, the other face is that without any important movement, there are much less possibilities that unpleasant errors appear.
Windows 11 24h2 brought a new underlying platform, Germanium, which was a great change, and my theory has been for a long time that that is why we have seen more than the usual help of the bugs that slide in the works of the operating system (and also some very strange failures). In 2025, that should not happen, and hopefully, Microsoft will return to the course by ensuring that Windows 11 works without problems (touches wood, crossed fingers, etc.).