Microsoft has already kicked off work on Home windows 11’s subsequent large replace, also referred to as 23H2, going by some recent spillage on Twitter – however the firm is seemingly holding issues very stealthy and quiet, no less than for now.

This comes from a reputation that retains popping up increasingly within the Home windows leak scene not too long ago, XenoPanther, who has posted a few informative tweets.

Looks as if early inside work for Home windows 11 23H2 is underway pic.twitter.com/3MlxciQmHLFebruary 9, 2023

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As you’ll be able to see, the proof that early improvement has begun on Home windows 11’s subsequent main characteristic replace consists of a hyperlink to the OSGWiki for 23H2, which is an inside Microsoft wiki the place workers and devs share all method of information, as Neowin (opens in new tab) (which noticed the tweet) factors out. Provided that this wiki is now energetic, the clear suggestion is that cogs are correctly whirring and work is underway.

Backing this up, XenoPanther additional aired a tweet (opens in new tab) noting that 23H2 (additionally known as ‘Cobalt’) is, actually, also referred to as ‘Second 3’, and that options for it are being examined within the Dev channel (earliest variations) for Home windows Insiders, and that a few of these capabilities are hidden behind characteristic flags.

So once more, that is one other indication that work has begun on what is going to change into 23H2, the replace that may debut later this 12 months (within the second half of 2023, after all).

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It makes some sense that Microsoft would have began work on the 23H2 replace, after all, provided that it’ll possible be launched in, what, eight months or so; possibly even a bit earlier than that. The software program large is holding issues on the downlow, little doubt, as a result of that is nonetheless the early phases.

Sneaking in options that are hidden within the background of Home windows 11 previews is nothing new, and certainly now we have seen loads of this type of factor because the begin of 2023.

Recall leakers discovering the flexibility to pull tabs out of folders in File Explorer in a current Home windows 11 preview construct, and different bits and items like a search bar alongside the highest of the Begin menu that was hidden away. Probably there are extra nuggets to seek out, then, and due to this fact there’s a strong likelihood we is perhaps handled to some fascinating leaks quickly sufficient…

There may be an oddity with this leak, although, within the point out of 23H2 being ‘Second 3’ which doesn’t make any sense to us. Keep in mind, the large characteristic updates for Home windows at the moment are taking place yearly, and the so-called ‘moments’ are smaller packages of recent options to permit them to be deployed in a extra agile method, so customers aren’t ready for all the pieces to occur in a single large clump (as soon as per 12 months).

So provided that, for a significant characteristic replace to be a ‘second’ looks as if a whole contradiction, however then once more, it wouldn’t be the primary time Microsoft’s naming conventions haven’t made sense. Extra possible, although, is that somebody’s obtained their wires crossed right here, one way or the other.

Regardless of the case, it definitely appears to be like like work has begun on the following main Home windows 11 replace, albeit in a stealthy method in the interim.

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