Microsoft Windows 11 2022 released: Check new updates, how to download, features and more

Microsoft Windows 11 2022 update: Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it is now rolling out the latest version of Windows 11 -- Windows 11 2022 update -- in more than 190 countries. The new update will expand Amazon App Store Preview to international markets, built-in Game Pass for Windows 11, new accessibility features, advanced security updates, and much more.

Windows laptop and PC users running Windows 11 can update their devices by opening the Windows Update settings screen. You need to go to Settings. Click on Windows Update. Then, select ‘Check for updates’. If the update is available for your device, you can choose to download it immediately or pause update or change the time it downloads.

"Our launch approach to Windows 11 leverages our well-established update systems and processes. The measured and phased rollout will offer the update via Windows Update when data shows that your device is ready, as our objective is to provide a quality update experience. We will initially ramp up the offering availability in the first weeks as we monitor quality signals. If we detect that your device may have an issue, such as an application incompatibility, we may put a safeguard hold in place and not offer the update until that issue is resolved," John Cable, Vice President, Program Management, Windows Servicing and Delivery, said in a blogpost.

The company said it is announcing a new set of experiences including the Tabbed File explorer, considered a component of the 2022 Update for all editions, which will be ready this October. The update also comes with Focus sessions which will work best with Do Not Disturb or DND modes helping the users minimise distractions by muting notifications as well as turning off the taskbar badges.

Microsoft mentioned that it has planned a phased rollout timed with the October optional non-security preview release for these features and then they will be made broadly available in the November 2022 security update release. It has also reduced the download size of feature updates by 450MB for many users. Windows 11 will be able to sideload Android apps.