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@Ttkouhe And there are 3 Release Preview Channels and 4 General Availability Channels, but that's not what this chart is trying to show.

@ChangeWindows we have 2 canary already

The channels are changing again.

@dxzdxz1 Skip Ahead dying had nothing to do with Windows 11, which only happened a good year later too. And 27H2 ending up as "Windows 12" is also a bit of a leap, if only for the licensing and support shenanigans that would cause with 26H1/26H2.

@ChangeWindows So, last time Insider channels were reduced, we got Windows 11. Maybe 27H2 is going to be Windows 12 time? Br and Ge are going to merge there, lots of talking about changes on Windows... I'll put my tinfoil hat back on haha

Yesterday, Microsoft actually inserted another Germanium release in the 2605 slot in the Alpha Ring. So we're at 14 now. Germanium will probably remain the base for the forseable future.

With 2606 yet again based on the Germanium codebase, it will have been the longest running base for Xbox OS on Xbox One and Series, leaping over it's original Windows 8.1-based OS. Still, Blue has 18 releases, while Germanium with 2606 will have only 13.

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I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but Windows 12 isn't a thing.

Windows 11, version 26H1 has officially entered its support lifecycle and will remain supported until March 14, 2028, and until March 13, 2029 for Edu and Enterprise. learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycl…

You can try it for yourself here: apps.microsoft.com/apppack

Once you've selected your apps, you'll download an exe file that will open the Store and make it download and install the selected apps.

The web version of the Microsoft Store now allows you to create "Multi-app installs". The 48 apps divided over these 6 categories so far seem to be the only ones supported.

After an incredible journey leading the Windows Insider Program, I’m starting a new chapter and transitioning to a new position within Microsoft! 💙💜

For next year's anniversary, instead of a wallpaper, can we just get a sane preview program? You know, like Apple does. Or Google does. One where when we pick to test out what's next, we actually get to test out what's next instead of just rolling a bunch of dice?

@JaKaJeeM Should have said "desktop" version, but the point still stands. We're not talking about Server, Holographic, Team, or any other variant either.

@ChangeWindows None of the LTSC versions you listed are "consumer versions"

It took Microsoft nearly 11 year to finally finish the first version of Windows 10. 10240.21161 is out now.

@ahernandez094 So are Team, HCI, Holographic, Mobile, and Server, but that isn't the point of what we're talking about.

@ChangeWindows Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is just another edition of Windows 10.

@ahernandez094 No, Windows 10 version 21H2 goes EOL on 12 January 2024. Windows 10 IoT version 21H2 goes EOL on 13 January 2032.

@ChangeWindows Version 21H2 goes EOL on 13 January 2032

@JaKaJeeM Let us know when that becomes a consumer version before then so we can amend the tweet.

@ChangeWindows No 2021 iot edition is supported until 2032

Version 1607 goes EOL on 13 October 2026 Version 1809 goes EOL on 9 January 2029 Version 21H2 goes EOL on 12 January 2027 Version 22H2 goes EOL on 10 October 2028

In all seriousness tho, while Windows 10's original release and the last consumer version both loose support today, Windows 10 will only receive its final update on 9 January 2029 when version 1809 (Redstone 5) reaches its end of life.