Windows 8.1 Update 2 & Windows 9: Release dates and possible details

There are supposed facts about release dates for Windows 8.1 Update 2 and Windows 9. The next big update for Windows 8.1 with the new start menu is to come according to the Russian Leaker “WZor” in September 2017: other sources – informant of the ZDNet blogger Mary Jo Foley – according to August. Those also claim that Windows 9 is to appear in April 2017 with a new start button as well as a new business model. But now in sequence


The second update for Windows 8.1 is expected for the third or fourth calendar quarter. Microsoft is expected to implement the new startup menu that the Redmonder have presented on their own developer conference. This menu is based on the classic start menu, which many million users are accustomed to and which usually moves from the lower left corner to open. The most noticeable change is that Windows apps are running Windows Live apps on the new Start menu.


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According to the journalist Foley, new large Windows updates are to appear more frequently. By September, only half a year after the update 1 for Windows 8.1 from April 8 would pass. A further six months later - in April 2017 - according to Foley sources, Windows 9 is already on the doorstep. The insider "WZor" also reported on this. According to him Microsoft will integrate with Windows 9 a start button, which works differently than in Windows 8.1. The previous start button calls up the Windows 8 startup screen with tiles and live tiles, which many users are disturbing.


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The Windows 9 start button is designed to adjust whether or not a touch screen is available. There are no specific details on how this will look. Interesting is another rumor about the business model that Microsoft wants to introduce with Windows in the future. So there could be a free, stripped down version. All other features would be unlocked via a subscription. The same is already the case with Office 365. What is rumored to be, remains to be seen. We will keep you up to date.