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A report suggests that Microsoft won’t release Windows 10X in 2021, and the version initially shared “probably never will.”
Announced in 2019, Windows 10X was supposed to be the next step in Windows design that ditched legacy components in favor of new technologies. The ambitious project was quickly delayed and may never see the light of day.
According to a report from Petri, people familiar with Microsoft’s plans say Windows 10X won’t ship in 2021 and the operating system as you know it today will likely never arrive. Microsoft redirected its resources to improving Windows 10 and pushed the other project to the back burner.
Microsoft announced Windows 10X alongside Surface Duo and Surface Neo – dual-screen devices that showcased the future of Windows. The Duo shipped in 2020 with Android as expected – and the Neo never came out.
Windows Central confirm the report and says that Microsoft actually halted internal Windows 10X self-hosting testing in February. All attention has been on Microsoft’s “Sun Valley” Windows 10 UI refresh, due later in 2021.
Sun Valley would incorporate many of the improvements promised in Windows 10X. Development of the new operating system has stopped and there is no indication if or when it will resume.
Apple, however, has had better luck rejuvenating its desktop operating system for modern hardware. It released macOS Big Sur with design paradigms that closely mimicked iOS and iPadOS in an effort to show its transition to Apple Silicon.
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