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Story summary
- Microsoft confirmed Windows 11 26H2 will ship in fall 2026, likely October, as a sub-500 KB enablement package.
- The update installs with a single reboot and finishes in about two minutes.
- Support for Home, Pro, Pro EDU, and Pro for Workstations editions lasts until October 2028, and for Enterprise, Education, and IoT Enterprise editions until October 2029.
- The update adds no new hardware requirements, keeping the baseline of 4 GB RAM, 64 GB storage, and a 1 GHz dual-core 64-bit processor.
