Microsoft Releases Windows 11 24H2 and Rolling Out With Few Gotchas

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Quick Report

Microsoft has released Windows 11 24H2 aka 2024 Update, which is the first major update to Windows 11 since they skipped bi-annual release cadence and simply switched to yearly OS upgrades to streamline better quality control.

Windows 11 2024 is focussed on adding Generative AI aka GenAI with Copilot+ PCs with greater than 40 TOPS on NPUs featuring Intel Arrowlake, AMD Zen 5 and Snapdragon X Plus/Elite SoC/CPUs. The update brings super-resolution for Photos app, generative fill/erase in Paint app, Click-To-Do and Recall.

The update adds support for the following features:

  • Enhanced Battery Saver
  • Bluetooth LE audio;
  • HDR background support
  • Wi-Fi 7

24H2/2024 update also marks availability of LTSC (Long-Term Servicing Channel) 2024 version of Windows 11 made for Business or Enterprise customers.

There are some reports of issues such as Fingerprint scanner not working, Asphalt 8 crashing, Intel Smart Sound Technology driver issue and other issues.

Users can download the x64 ISO from here and ARM64 will be available in the coming weeks.

Source(s)

  • TPU
  • Windows 11 Release Info
  • Windows Experience Blogs