How to watch the Windows 11 event

How to sentinel the Windows 11 consequence

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Microsoft is hosting a special event on Th, June 24th to unveil what's next for Windows, and there's skilful reason to recollect it volition be a new version branded Windows 11.

Notably, Microsoft Main Product Officer Panos Panay teased the event on Twitter that hints at the number xi in the animation, and Microsoft VP Yusuf Mehdi responded to it with a tweet in which he claimed to be "excited for a new version of Windows." Plus, a leaked developer build of the operating system also leaked out this month with clear "Windows 11" branding.

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However, there's also a chance that the adjacent version of Microsoft's flagship operating system could be branded Windows Sun Valley. That was the codename for a big Windows update Microsoft has been working on, and it was referenced in a (now deleted) line of the Windows application management website's HTML meta description which read "larn about managing applications in Windows 10 and Windows Sun Valley."

Nosotros won't know for sure what the next version of Windows will be called until we see for ourselves on June 24th. Here's how to tune in and see for yourself.

How to watch the Windows xi issue

Anyone with an Internet connection can tune in to a special livestream which volition reveal "what's next for Windows" on Thursday, June 24 at xi a.grand. ET/8 a.grand. PT/ 4 p.m. BST.

Microsoft sent around a public invite early this month to watch the issue live via their Windows event page, where y'all can prepare yourself a reminder to melody in. The event will almost certainly stream on Microsoft's YouTube channel as well.

While the big unveil volition happen at 11 AM Eastern, Microsoft has more than video streams planned throughout the day which volition focus on different aspects of what's next for the Windows ecosystem. We wait to encounter more than broadcasts later in the day aimed at developers on the Windows Developer YouTube channel, and information technology'southward very likely we'll see follow-up presentations virtually Windows eleven on the primary Microsoft YouTube channel as well.

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Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more a decade of experience roofing both for outlets like Game Programmer, Blackness Lid, and PC World mag. He currently serves every bit a senior editor at Tom's Guide roofing all things computing, from laptops and desktops to keyboards and mice.