data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″ data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/windows-11″>Windows 11 25H2, the operating system’s latest major feature update, rolled out just last month. Just a few weeks ago, rumors of a “26H1″ release started circulating, and now we have confirmation of its existence: data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft” data-auto-tag-linker=”true” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tag/microsoft”>Microsoft has just released the first build of Windows 11 26H1 — data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/11/07/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-28000-canary-channel/” target=”_blank” data-url=”https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/11/07/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-28000-canary-channel/” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none”>Preview Build 28000 — in the Canary channel of the Insider Preview program.
26H1 is in testing phases right now, and it will officially release early next year. This update is intended for a specific subset of users, with…
