Microsoft, can we please just call it Windows 11.1 already?

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Every time I see a big Windows 11 update I wonder why it wasn’t a Windows 11.1 or Windows 11.2 release. Instead, Microsoft has used a number of confusing ways to name Windows updates in recent years instead of a simple method like point releases.

Let me illustrate my point to you:

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Windows 10 Creators Update Windows 10 Fall Creators Update Windows 10 October 2020 Update Windows 10 May 2021 Update Windows 11 22H2 Windows 11 2023 Update

As you can see, Microsoft is gradually getting to a more understandable naming strategy for Windows releases, but it still regularly uses 22H2 and 23H2 monikers that sound like weird codenames to regular people. If you head into Windows Update you’re also more likely to see a…

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