Microsoft’s Windows team has quietly shifted into emergency mode, redirecting engineering resources to fix core Windows 11 problems after a wave of high‑impact regressions and rising user frustration made reliability the company’s top priority for 2026.
Background / Overview
Windows 11 began as...
Microsoft’s public pivot is simple: after a year in which feature-first releases and heavy AI experimentation left many users frustrated, Windows engineering will spend 2026 fixing the fundamentals people actually use every day — performance, reliability, and the small UX details that erode...
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