And in mid-June, Microsoft quietly announced that it would end support for Windows 10 in 2025 as leaked images of Windows 11 spread ( here's what that means for Windows 10 users). At the Microsoft Build developers conference on May 25, CEO Satya Nadella said Microsoft was planning 'one of the most significant updates of Windows of the past decade,' confirming that a major change was on the horizon for the 1.3 billion users of the OS in 2021. Rumors about a major Windows redesign have been circulating for the past year. Windows 11 marks the first major update to Microsoft's OS since Windows 10 launched back in 2015. Microsoft Teams will also be built directly into Windows 11, becoming a more FaceTime-like chat app.Ī new Windows 11 feature called Snap Groups will let you group apps together and bring them up at the same time.

You can also set up virtual desktops in a way that's more similar to Macs, toggling between multiple desktops at once for personal, work, school or gaming use. The new system also includes a feature called Snap Groups - collections of the apps you're using at once that sit in the taskbar, and can come up or be minimized at the same time for easier task switching.

For the first time, Android apps will run natively on Windows, through Amazon's app store ( here's everything we know about that).