Hi,
Microsoft hasn’t officially confirmed a “Windows 12” release yet, so most of what you see out there is speculative.
Here’s what we do know so far:
- Microsoft is still actively developing and rolling out updates to Windows 11. Their current release cadence is annual feature updates (typically in the second half of the year). Microsoft Learn
So while your “3- or 4-5 year release cycle” intuition makes sense from past OS cadences, I’d treat any firm dates or feature rumors as speculative for now. If I were to guess, if Microsoft does launch something they’d likely do it in the 2025–2026 timeframe, but again — no guarantees.