Windows 11 22H2 update information was unexpectedly revealed in a leaked Insider script

On Windows 11, Microsoft will no longer maintain the policy of releasing two major feature updates per year. Instead, there will only be a single major release rolling out around the middle of the year.

So if nothing changes, the next big feature update will be called Windows 11 version 22H2. This will be the first and only major feature update for Windows 11 in 2022, expected to launch around the middle of this year.

Windows 11 22H2 is internally called 'Nickel' and it seems that some information related to this update has just been accidentally found in a leaked Insider script. The screenshot below shows the relevant information in bold.

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Going into the analysis, it can be seen that the bolded information contains 2 important milestones. The first is the completion date of the "features" included in the update, scheduled for February 4, 2022. And the second timeline refers to the completion of the 'configuration' of the update. date, scheduled for March 4, 2022. Thus, these two timelines are 1 month apart.

This means that Microsoft can start testing Windows 11 22H2 on Insider channels this March. And if everything goes well, the new update will most likely be released around April, which is earlier than originally planned.

22H2 is expected to bring improvements and useful changes, making Windows 11 an even more complete platform. It's still too early to talk about these changes at the moment. However, users can expect some known 'highlight' issues to be resolved in this update, such as limitations related to the taskbar, Start menu, or context menu interface. scene.