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Microsoft’s latest Windows 11 release, version 26H1, is not a conventional feature update for existing PCs — it’s a narrow, device‑first platform image designed to enable next‑generation Arm silicon and will ship only on select new devices (notably those built on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2...

Microsoft has quietly pushed the first public preview of what shows up in Settings and winver as Windows 11, version 26H1, but the Canary‑channel drop is intentionally narrow: it’s a platform‑only branch intended to enable support for specific silicon rather than the next mass‑market feature...