windows 11 26h1

Microsoft released several Windows 11 Insider Preview builds on June 8, 2026, splitting Windows 11 26H1 testing into a new Beta branch in the 28000 build series and a separate Experimental branch in the 28100 series. The move looks procedural, but it is more than bookkeeping. Microsoft is...

Enterprises planning a near-term Windows 11 refresh should standardize most purchases on Windows 11 24H2 or 25H2 hardware, while treating Windows 11 26H1 devices as selective pilots for specialized workloads because Microsoft explicitly positions 26H1 as hardware evaluation territory, not the...

Microsoft on May 22, 2026, released Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 26220.8491, 26300.8497, 28020.2149, and 29595.1000 across its Beta, Experimental, Experimental (26H1), and Experimental (Future Platforms) channels, while continuing a staged migration to its redesigned Windows Insider Program...

Microsoft has released KB5096567, a May 2026 Phi Silica AI component update that moves Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs on Windows 11 version 24H2 and 25H2 to version 1.2605.856.0 through Windows Update, provided the latest cumulative update is already installed. The terse support note is easy to...

Microsoft released KB5089570 on May 26, 2026, as an optional preview cumulative update for Windows 11 version 26H1, moving supported systems to OS Build 28000.2179 while bundling File Explorer changes, Xbox mode, Secure Boot servicing work, AI component updates, and enterprise management...

Microsoft has published KB5096136, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 26H1 that updates the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider to version 2.2605.2.0 for systems using Windows machine learning and ONNX Runtime acceleration. That sounds like the sort of servicing footnote most...

Microsoft released KB5096160 on May 26, 2026 as a Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1, improving the setup files used during feature updates while again warning that Secure Boot certificates on most Windows devices begin expiring in June 2026. The update itself is mundane plumbing...

Microsoft released KB5092765 on May 26, 2026, as a Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, improving setup components while repeating its warning that Secure Boot certificates on most Windows devices begin expiring in June 2026 worldwide. The update itself is small, almost...

Microsoft has published KB5096136, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 26H1 devices that updates the AMD Vitis AI Execution Provider to version 2.2605.2.0, replacing April’s KB5089175 and appearing in Update history as a Windows Runtime ML AMD NPU Execution Provider...

Microsoft’s KB5096573 ships Phi Silica version 1.2604.515.0 through Windows Update for Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, updating Microsoft’s on-device small language model used by Windows AI features and developer APIs. The narrow hardware target is the story: this...

Microsoft has published KB5096139, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 26H1 that updates the NVIDIA TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider to version 2.2605.1.0 on supported devices with the latest cumulative update installed. The package looks small, but it sits inside a much...

KB5096577 is Microsoft’s Image Processing AI component update to version 1.2604.515.0 for AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1, delivered automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is installed. That sentence sounds narrow because the update...

Microsoft’s KB5096579, published for Windows 11 version 26H1, updates the Image Processing AI component on Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs to version 1.2604.515.0 and installs automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is present. That is the plain version. The...

Microsoft released KB5089570 on May 26, 2026, as a preview cumulative update for Windows 11 version 26H1, moving supported systems to OS Build 28000.2179 and delivering non-security fixes, staged feature rollouts, servicing-stack changes, and Copilot+ PC AI component updates. The surface story...

Microsoft released KB5096160 on May 26, 2026 as a Setup Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1, a narrowly scoped install-time package that refreshes setup components while repeating the company’s warning that Secure Boot certificates begin expiring in June 2026. The update is not the story...

Microsoft has published KB5096578 as an automatic Windows Update for Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs, updating the Windows 11 version 26H1 Image Processing AI component to version 1.2604.515.0 after the latest cumulative update is installed on eligible devices. The small support note is easy to miss...

Microsoft published KB5089592 on May 26, 2026, as a Safe OS Dynamic Update for Windows 11 version 26H1, while again warning that Secure Boot certificates used by most Windows devices begin expiring in June 2026. The update itself is narrow, but the timing is not. Microsoft is using the machinery...

Microsoft has published KB5096577, an automatic Windows Update package that installs Image Processing AI component version 1.2604.515.0 on AMD-powered Copilot+ PCs running Windows 11 version 26H1 after the latest cumulative update is already in place. The support note is short, but the move is...

Microsoft has published KB5096139, an automatic Windows Update package for Windows 11 version 26H1 that updates the Nvidia TensorRT-RTX Execution Provider to version 2.2605.1.0 for systems with the latest 26H1 cumulative update installed. The dry support-note wording hides a bigger story...

Microsoft has published KB5096579, a May 2026 Image Processing AI component update that moves Qualcomm-powered Copilot+ PCs on Windows 11 version 26H1 to version 1.2604.515.0 and installs automatically through Windows Update after the latest 26H1 cumulative update is present. That sounds like a...