It's official: Windows 11 26H1 isn't for you

On Friday, Microsoft released the first build of Windows 11 26H1—and as suspected, you won’t need to worry about it.

Microsoft released Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 28000 to the Canary Channel, the most experimental of the four Windows Insider channels. “With this build today, Windows Insiders in the Canary Channel will see the versioning updated under Settings > System > About (and winver ) to Windows 11, version 26H1,” the company said in a blog post .

In the announcement, Microsoft was fairly clear that Windows 11 26H1 won’t be something that consumers will have to worry about.

“26H1 is not a feature update for version 25H2 and only includes platform changes to support specific silicon,” the blog post noted. “There is no action required from customers.”

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