- [Ken] Austin I have Windows 11.
(dramatic music) - What do you mean?
- [Ken] I have Windows 11.
Look it's Windows 11!
- Oh that's leaked you can't.
- [Ken] What what what?
- I gotta get at it!
That's illegal.
- [Ken] Wanna be an accomplice?
- No.
There's video evidence of this.
I want nothing to do with it.
Windows 11 is almost here
and it is going to make your games better.
So not only are there actual functional builds
of Windows 11 floating around the internet right now,
but there's also a major Windows event next week
where they're teasing some big new features.
(Austin coughs) Windows 11.
It's Windows 11, surprise surprise.
What comes after 10?
So this stuff has been pretty heavily teased.
Not only did the Windows channel
post a suspiciously long 11 minute video the other day
of slow-fi Windows startup sounds,
which sound very bizarre.
- Sounds like bagpipes.
(Austin humming)
(Austin laughing)
- [Matt] Oh no, no!
- If these teases aren't subtle enough for you
Microsoft have also listed the end of support
for Windows 10 being in October 2025.
So you know, the most recent up-to-date version
of Windows 10 that everyone's running right now,
oh yeah that's gonna be gone.
Historically it is not an easy task
to get people to move to a newer version of Windows.
In fact six years later
only about 78 percent of people are on Windows 10,
where still a lot of people
are using something like Windows 7 or Vista.
There are still people who are using Vista out there.
But if you look at gamers
it's actually a much much faster ramp.
96 percent of Steam users
are running Windows 10 at this point,
which is actually pretty impressive.
But if you think that Windows 10
is only gonna have a couple more years of support
they've gotta move to 11 quickly.
And I don't think it's going to be a massive overhaul.
There's certainly going to be some major upgrades,
but we actually already have an idea
of what Windows 11 is going to look like.
Beyond all the leaks,
because they've been talking about it for a little while.
The Sun Valley Upgrade.
There are two sides to this.
First of all are the leaked builds
of Windows 11 floating around.
But on top of that
there are also a lot of features inside of Windows 11
that are currently actually available
if you are a Windows Insider.
Now these leaks originated on Baidu
with some screen shots.
However they were corroborated by The Verge.
It seems like Windows Central
actually has this running on a Surface.
Now these are certainly not completed versions of Windows 11
which I assume is going to ship later this year.
But they do give us a look
at some of the major new features.
Namely the fact that the taskbar
has actually now been centered,
very much like a Dave2D video had recommended.
As well as things like new icons
and even these show that there are straight up
Windows 11 Pro like names in there right.
There's just no question
that this is a brand new version of Windows.
The thing that this really reminds me of
is actually something on the Mac OS side of things.
So last year there was Mac OS 11 Big Sur.
Now there was certainly some major changes under the hood.
But for most people it was a visual overhaul.
Now that is obviously something that we are going to see
at least in some part on Windows 11.
In fact a lot of the UI stuff that we're seeing
not only with things like new animations, new icons,
and some different redesign functions,
reminds me a lot of Windows 10 X.
Now if you're not familiar,
this was a more modern version of Windows,
more mobile focused version of Windows.
They originally started talking about a couple of years ago.
This was originally going to launch
on things like dual screen devices.
It was almost gonna look like Chrome books.
But ultimately it sounds like they sort of shut that down
in favor of bringing a lot of that modern UI interface
over to just the mainstream version of Windows.
And it really does show.
This strategy makes sense to me.
Windows 10 X never really felt like it was the future.
I mean obviously they always need to try to upgrade
and improve Windows.
They can't just be running Windows 10 or Windows 11 forever.
But what I do think is a little bit of a concern is some of
the mobile features
that are leaking into the main version of Windows.
That might sound odd,
because obviously Windows has a great history
of supporting a wide range of hardware.
But I do think that there is a little bit of a concern.
Not so much for me, but I think for a lot of people
who are seeing these screen shots
who are worried that Windows 11 is being watered down.
That is is less than Windows 10 was,
that it's sort of like,
oh this is like, you know the 80 percent version of Windows.
I don't think that's necessarily true.
I think for Microsoft it makes a lot of sense
to make one operating system that runs from everything
from a 100 dollar Chromebook competitor,
all the way up to a high end gaming PC.
And of course the wide range of hardware
that's in the middle.
But I think we have to be realistic here.
Most people these days are using mobile devices.
And when you have all these features
on your iPhone and on your Android device
people do kind of expect it
to work on the desktop side of the laptop
or the tablet side of things.
- [Ken] When little Timmy grows up with an iPad,
he needs to use something
that's a little more intuitive that he's used to.
- Yep.
But before we get into all of the potential possibilities
of Windows 11, let's talk about the stuff
that we know will be in the next version of Windows no cap.
See I said,
a thing that the TikTok-ers say, I'm cool again.
No cap.
So there are some major improvements for gamers.
First and foremost, starting with HDR support.
Now HDR is not exactly a new feature for Windows.
However at this point
it's a little bit of a patchwork set up.
Different monitors, different applications
will support HDR at various levels,
and it's never been particularly smooth and consistent
going between them.
However that should be a lot more seamless
with this new version of Windows.
On top of that there's much better support
for multiple GPU's in the system.
No no, I'm not talking about some cross fire SLI set up.
We're mostly referring to is the fact
that Windows has a lot more fine grain control
over if you say have integrated graphics
and dedicated graphics on like a laptop or a desktop.
Imagine you're playing a lighter title like Among Us
which you don't necessarily need to run
at 400 frames per second.
You can have that running
specifically on integrated graphics
which would give you much better battery life.
It's nice to have this built directly into Windows now.
Now Windows 11 is clearly absorbed
a lot of the look of Windows 10 X,
which was again that more mobile focused version of Windows.
But there are also some features
it's going to be taking from it as well.
Think about things like voice typing,
something that's pretty standard on like iOS and Android
will be coming to Windows 11.
There is some better security features.
You'll still be of course
able to download and run whatever games you want
or whatever apps you want.
And on top of that there's one other feature I've forgotten.
What is it Matt?
- [Matt] Touch screen.
- Touch screen.
Well that's not new.
But you can now get better touch screen support
in Windows 11 because the mobile future is here.
There's some other updates which I do think will be nice.
So the virtual desktop support has been overhauled.
So not only can you better support multiple monitors,
you can actually have different desktop backgrounds
for each of your virtual desktops.
On top of that there are a lot of smaller things right.
So there's better camera support.
So things that used to have to dive
into like your web can settings now
will be directly into the Windows setting screen.
There is a new font,
which apparently looks better?
I think it looks the same or about the same.
You can also restart Windows and restart your apps
at the same time.
Similar to the way a lot of,
actually Mac OS has done this for a long time.
But when you restart, it's like hey do you wanna open up
all of your apps at the exact same way as before?
There's a better clipboard manager.
They supports emojis, they moved the disc manager
from the old school tool-- - The emojis.
Oh my god. - I know,
it's very revolutionary. - Yes I'm tired
of copy and pasting smiley face.
It just putting in text smiley face.
(Austin laughs)
- Okay look look look,
there are a lot of updates for Windows 11.
But I think the big question here
is what does Windows 11 really do?
They've got some secrets.
And we'll have to wait for another week to find them out.
- [Ken] I might have the build.
- What you have the.
You have a leaked version of Windows?
- [Ken] I might have it yeah.
I might've-- - Well I would never
use a leaked version of Windows.
I.
Why would I do that?
Look how clean my hands are right now.
I love our friends on the Windows team
and appreciate all the hard work they do.
If Ken wants to dabble on the dark side
that's none of my concern.
So for the record I would never condone
anyone using leaked supposedly authentic software.
But Ken how is Windows 11? (upbeat music)
I theoretically hypothetically.
- Hypothetically.
- I think he would theoretically
say that it is more or less the same.
(Austin laughs) - That's it.
- Well okay look. - Thank you
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Make sure to subscribe to the channel
for more or less the same.
- Look look look.
The builds that are out there right now that are leaked
are not really that much.
There will probably be more features
that'll be you know added on
as you know time develops.
But as of right now a lot of the things
that I may or may not have seen.
- Hypothetically.
Are more or less visual.
So obviously there's a new direction going about.
It's a lot cleaner,
a lot more rounded shapes in regards to buttons,
and a lot more transparency and color.
It's very user friendly.
It looks very shiny.
It takes a lot of queues,
maybe not specifically from the Mac,
but I think now it's a little more
toe to toe now or-- - Absolutely.
- Toe to toe, head to head? - Toe to toe.
Head to head?
These all work.
Those are all good. - Yeah yeah good.
- So outside of any potential knowledge
we may or may not have of the actual leaked version
of Windows 11, there are I think some things
that we can speculate about.
Because obviously this has not been announced yet.
And while there are certain things
that we pretty much know for sure,
whether it's in the leaked build
or whether it's in the Windows insider stuff,
what I wanna talk about are the things that we expect.
Because I'm gonna just play my cards here,
I don't think it's a huge surprise,
Windows 11 should be a free update.
Now I don't know that-- - I would hope so.
- I don't know that, they could charge it.
They could be 20 bucks or whatever.
But it seems to me, like we're almost gonna pass the era
of charging for an operating system update.
I mean even think about when Windows 10 first came out,
that was a free upgrade for a lot of people
if you had a what like somewhat recent,
seven or eight system or whatever.
Can I hit you with something that's absolutely
not going to happen but I want it to happen?
- What's that?
- Can I run Windows 11 on an Xbox?
- I would love to run Windows 11 on Xbox,
much like how I wanted Windows 10
to be on the Xbox Series X.
- Well okay so here's the thing,
this is not gonna happen
because Microsoft wants to sell Xboxes
and not eat into high MPC sales.
But I mean, how cool would it be,
you buy a 500 dollar Series X and it comes with Windows.
I mean it's already kinda running Windows,
like it's definitely
physically possible. - Okay so now
we're going into
less speculation-- - Speculation talk, no this is
speculation talk. - Well no no no no no well no.
So we're going less into speculation town
and we're going more into things that we want to see
coming out of Windows 11. - Yeah this is it
this is it. - And I would like
to see Windows running on an Xbox.
Now imagine the dedication that they put
into the Surface and that Windows integration
and that but for the Xbox.
Imagine that for gamers.
- You know something else
that's maybe a little bit more reasonable
that I would like to see, AirDrop for Windows.
Now there are third party tools,
there's Bluetooth bla bla bla.
I just want something as simple as AirDrop on Windows.
- Yeah for the record,
we're not saying actual AirDrop.
We're just saying-- - No I'm saying that.
I want AirDrop.
Reverse engineer it. - There's a.
There's a lot wrong with that.
- Come on, I'm sure
it's not that hard! - No no but it's, look.
You know ideally something that works with iOS and Android
that can file drop to Windows
or between Windows devices or you know
whatever might have you.
That would be really cool.
'Cause I actually use that on a day-to-day basis.
And that's probably one of the big reasons
why I'm tied to Mac OS in the first place.
Especially when doing things like content creation.
I wanna take photos on my phone, move them into Photoshop.
I wanna take videos on my phone,
move them to Windows to work in Resolve or Premiere right?
- You can kinda do some of this
for it was like either with the app
the what is it the My Windows app
or whatever it is? - Which I have never
used in my life I should probably try it at some point
just to make the argument, but.
- It works well, Samsung stuff does integrate fairly well.
But I want something that's a little bit more seamless
across the board.
You're right, AirDrop is a huge part
of how we're able to do our jobs.
And it does sort of lock us in.
Some kind of AirDrop on Windows would be nice.
Beyond that though, I mean look,
File Explorer still seems old, like what we're
looking at right now. - Oh.
Look.
I hate for this video
to be a Mac OS versus Windows comparison.
You click on the magnifying glass in Finder,
you type what you want and you find it.
In File Explorer it does exactly the opposite.
It gives you every registry file,
every little tiny nook and cranny in system 32
that you don't need.
- So is the comparison that Finder helps you find things,
Explorer helps you explore.
(drum beat) (both laughing)
- That is the best explanation you have made
in your entire life.
- Here is the real question.
- Do I like Mac OS more?
Yes.
- Okay that was not my question,
but I guess that answers my question.
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- I got nothing to say about that I just.
- No there's, you've just had some bad takes,
I'm just saying.
Hypothetically speaking.