The Beta and Release Preview channels offer admins and users a sneak peek at the end of the month of non-security updates that will arrive in the Patch Tuesday update, which falls on the second Tuesday of every month. It only tests the latest version of Windows with members who participate in the Windows Insider Program in the Dev, Beta and Release Preview channels. Microsoft continues to test new features and improvements after Windows 11 was released. It will use Windows Update to notify Windows 10 users when their devices are eligible to move to Windows 11. The company plans to use 'intelligence models that consider hardware eligibility, reliability, metrics, age of the device and other factors' to roll it out to additional in-market PCs. When it arrives on your PC will depend on a number of factors. For Windows 11, this could take a number of months: Microsoft said that this process is likely to be 'continuing into 2022' and generally it's the newer PCs that get the upgrade first. Historically, Windows launches have been rolled out gradually.

SEE: Microsoft's Windows 11: How to get it now (or later) 'In our first phases of the Windows 11 rollout we are consistently seeing a high rate of positive update experiences and user feedback for eligible devices, identified using our latest generation machine-learning model,' Microsoft said this month. You can also go to 'Check for Windows updates' on a Windows PC or select the start button and then go to Settings > Updates & Security > Windows UpdatesĪll we know is that Microsoft is pleased about its rollout so far – at least for Windows 10 users on hardware that meets its minimum requirements. The PC Health Check app will allow you to see whether your current PC meets the requirements to run Windows 11: if it does, you can get a free upgrade at some point after it rolls out. It has, however, released the PC Health Check app to help users self-assess whether their hardware makes the grade. Microsoft hasn't been totally clear about when Windows 11 will actually reach all eligible Windows 10 PCs.

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