What to expect from Windows in 2022

2021 was a great year for Windows. After a long trek through the desert since 2017, full of bug updates and little investment, Microsoft’s operating system made a big comeback last year with the introduction of Windows 11. Now comes the hardest part: keeping up with 2022. Will they succeed? These are our predictions for this year.

Update to complete Windows 11

Nobody misses it Windows 11 was released without being mature enough. The large number of corrections made in the successive corrections it received during these months is good evidence of this.

2022 will be the year Windows 11 is polished and completed. So far the only thing we know This year’s update is that it won’t be as big as Windows 11 It will focus on polishing the details, fixing bugs, and adding features that didn’t arrive in time for the 2021 launch.

Among those functions that did not pass the initial version of Windows 11, we can single out a file Android apps Through the Windows for Android Subsystem (WSA), The complete dark road (Access to old parts of the interface), more customization of the Start menu, restore taskbar functions, groups Spotlight Or the ability for developers to create and add their own widgets.

The update should end in May They will be released over the following months. There are 4 months to complete its development. Will this ‘Windows 11.1’ be what Windows 11 should have been from day one?

Pending app renewals

Microsoft has revamped a large number of system applications with Windows 11, adapting them to the new design style. However, some fell by the wayside and did not arrive in time for this launch.

During these months, we have already been able to figure out how to make a file Notepad or new media player They appeared in the Windows 11 development channels. It won’t take long to get to the stable version.

However, there are so many apps that we still have news about their renewal. The Mail and Calendar app should be replaced by the new app prospects (one look the Monarch Project) In development for several months. We haven’t seen anything about the app yet, not even in “preview” form, so this transition would take months.

There are other applications, such as camera s Sound RecorderFor which there is no news about it in this regard. And even some others, notably File Browser, the app for Pictures the feeThe renovation is semi-finished and is due to be completed this year.

News about the future of Windows

It’s no secret that Microsoft (again) has big plans for Windows. After many years where this has moved into the background in favor of services like Azure, OneDrive or Office, the North American giant now appears to be convinced to dedicate a lot of resources to making Windows an operating system “loved by users”.

This will be a very important year for the future of Windows. We’ll see The first foldable computers And we can experience the rebirth of the Surface Neo. One question remains: Will Microsoft make modifications to the operating system to make it more adaptable to such hardware?

In addition, it will be a major year for the future Windows above ARM. Those in Redmond understand that Apple is a leader in this regard (by a large distance over them) and will work with chip makers to lower the points in this regard. Most laptops (like the Surface range) will appreciate this.

Finally, throughout the year we hope to have news about the direction of Windows in 2023. We know that this year’s update will be released earlier than planned in order to have more time to develop the expected big update for the next anal (¿Windows 12?).

Some rumors suggest that Microsoft could follow the path that started with Windows 11 and will try to bring the innovations built in recent years to Windows. Windows Core OS (The modern operating system that served as the basis for Windows 10x And he never saw the light on the desk.) Among these features we can have fast and in the background Windows Update updates or isolate applications in containers for more security.