A new rumor suggests that Microsoft will offer a new Windows 11 26H1 feature release early next year — but chances are you won’t be able to get it.

According a to a rumor by noted tipster PhantomofEarth, Microsoft will treat the Windows 11 2026 releases in much the same way that it handled 2025: features will be rolled out in a Windows 11 26H1 release to PCs, but only “enabled” in the second half of the year as part of a Windows 11 26H2 release enablement package.

However, only a small subset of PCs will be able to test these new features, the tipster reports: People who own PCs with Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite or Elite Extreme chips inside.

The way Microsoft launches new features can be confusing. New features debut in one of four Windows 11 Insider channels, with the Developer and

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