Windows 12 (MDTTV's future)

Windows 12 (codenamed Hudson Valley) is the 12th major release of Windows, in the NT family. It was announced in 2024, and was released in 2025, as a free upgrade to Windows 10 and 11 users. It is the first Windows version to include no physical copies. Windows 12 is called by Microsoft as a huge upgrade, boasting innovative AI experiences including Copilot+ PCs.
Its biggest change was the desktop layout, which has a new status bar, with Widgets, Search, Copilot, and Notification buttons. Windows 12 also features a new Interactive Live Wallpaper system, codenamed "Symphony", like in iOS (before 2022) and Android, as a spiritual sucessor to DreamScene and GIF backgrounds. The system requirements decreased due to the controversies of the Windows 11 requirements. Other features include a slightly changed boot screen (with the logo on center middle), UWP Phone app (available for cellular computers), , Desktop Widgets, and the reintroduction of the full screen start menu.
During development, Microsoft realized that Windows 10 was still dominant, and will need 3 workarounds to keep up with development. The first team "Insight" thinks that Windows 12 was supposed to be a more improved version of Windows 11, adding more features. The second team "Majora" came up with an idea, to renovate large parts of Windows to modernize them. The third team "Resonate" has came up for a thought. Resonate had visualized their dream for Windows, it would be to make Windows more compatible with older computers. Eventually, the three teams would be combined to form a major development milestone codenamed as "Hudson Valley". The Hudson Valley project would be announced in 2024. The font in Winver changed from Tahoma to Segoe UI Variable.
It was initially planned to be released in 2024, but due to ambitious development, it was delayed into the following year. It received positive reception, as Windows 12 is optimized to renovate major parts of Windows, add many features, and to make it compatible with older PCs.
It is the last version of Windows, that supports Russian language for Russian Federation and Belarus users.
==Versions==
Windows 12 versions
Version	Marketing name	Build	Codebase	Release date 	Supported until
25H2 	 	29002	Selenium	June 30, 2025 	October 2, 2028
26H2 	2026 Update 	29058	Bromine 	December 2, 2026	December 31, 2029
27H2 	2027 Update 	29059	Bromine 	August 8, 2027 	December 31, 2030
28H2 	2028 Update 	29060	Bromine 	August 15, 2028 	August 25, 2031
== Gallery ==
Windows 12 Lock.jpg|Lock screen
Windows 12 new desktop.jpg|Desktop
Windows 12 Start Menu.jpg|Start Menu
Windows 12 Winver.jpg|Winver
Windows 12 shutdown.png|Shutdown
Win12 and 14 BSOD.png|BSOD
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