Microsoft’s “Windows 12” might be designed as a extra modular system that can allow fast, frequent updates with out a lot handholding from the consumer, based on a brand new report.

A Windows Central report claims that this new “CorePC” idea will strip Windows 12 (or no matter it’s generally known as) right down to its element elements, representing one other try at a “modern” model of Windows. As the story factors out, Microsoft tried that with Windows 10X—however with out the under-the-hood parts that might truly simplify the working system. (Subsequently, Microsoft cancelled Windows 10X however saved the consumer interface as a part of Windows 11.)

The CorePC idea makes use of one thing known as “state separation,” Windows Central says, which primarily breaks up the working system into varied partitions. It’s not clear whether or not these partitions could be user-accessible or not. The different benefit, apparently, is that separating varied parts into completely different partitions—digital buckets, if you’ll—permits every partition to be managed and up to date individually. This would theoretically permit for faster, extra seamless updates to the Windows OS.

You’ve seen hints of this earlier than. Go again far sufficient, and Windows was as soon as a large, holistic factor up to date by way of periodic service packs and have updates. But in 2020 Microsoft launched the Windows Feature Experience Pack, which allowed entry to distinct options, after which “experiences,” which up to date among the core options of Windows outdoors of the traditional replace channels. Apps like Microsoft Edge, which Microsoft would usually replace as characteristic releases, now have their very own growth monitor, too.

All this factors to Microsoft making Windows extra modular over time. What CorePC would do, apparently, is separate a few of that code to make this new modularity method even simpler to implement. (A compatibility layer known as Neon would assist ease older apps into this new scheme, Windows Central studies.)

This new method could have various potential advantages: yet one more try by Microsoft to tackle Chromebooks and Google’s Chrome OS within the low-end PC market, whereas doubtlessly introducing extra demanding AI apps into the extra highly effective higher echelons.

All that is being focused on the subsequent model of Windows, apparently code-named Hudson Valley. Will it occur? We’ll have to attend and see.