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Windows 11 has new improvements for touch. Windows 10 fell by the wayside when it comes to touch experiences, so it's great to see Microsoft once again focused on trying to make a good touch experience on Windows 11. Microsoft is adding a number of new gestures and features designed to make Windows 11 feel fast and fluid on tablets. Microsoft has increased the size of hitboxes around app windows so that it's easier to resize them when using touch. There's also a bunch of new subtle animations involved when manipulating windows in an effort to make the touch experience feel more fluid and native to the OS. Users can now use three or four finger gestures to swipe away apps and open Task View. Microsoft has also added a brand new Touch Keyboard with SwiftKey-like theming support, and new emoji panel integration with support for things like gifs. For pen users, the Pen Workspace has been updated with a new UI and the ability to pin any app to the Pen quick-launch bar. You can also now configure what a single tap, double tap, and tap and hold does on your Surface Pen. You can make it open any app or function of your choice, built right into Windows 11. Windows 11’s voice typing feature can automatically insert punctuation for you and supports voice commands.
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Hardware requirements for specific features. Microsoft also announced different hardware requirements to use specific features in Windows 11, which are listed below:
■ 5G support requires 5G capable modem.
■ Auto HDR requires an HDR monitor.
■ Bit Locker to Go requires a USB flash drive (available in Windows Pro and above editions).
Client Hyper-V requires a processor with second-level address translation (SLAT) capabilities (available in Windows Pro and above editions).
■ Cortana requires a microphone and speaker and is currently available on Windows 11 for Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom, and United States.
■ DirectStorage requires 1 TB or greater NVMe SSD to store and run games that use the "Standard NVM Express Controller" driver and a DirectX 12 Ultimate GPU.
■ DirectX 12 Ultimate is available with supported games and graphics chips.
■ Presence requires a sensor that can detect human distance from the device or intent to interact with the device.
■ Intelligent Video Conferencing requires video camera, microphone, and speaker (audio output).
■ Multiple Voice Assistant (MVA) requires a microphone and speaker.
■ Snap three-column layouts require a screen that is 1920 effective pixels or greater in width.
■ Mute/Unmute from Taskbar requires a video camera, microphone, and speaker (audio output). The app must be compatible with the feature to enable global mute/unmute.

Windows 11 will be a free upgrade. Windows 11 will ship later this year, and will be offered as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users. Microsoft says there's no time limit on this, meaning you won't have to upgrade to Windows 11 right away if you don't want to. OEMs will still have to pay for a Windows 11 license, however. The license itself isn't free, but if you upgrade from Windows 10, you get to retain your license and therefore remain activated. This is exactly how it worked with the move from Windows 7 and Windows 8 to Windows 10. We also expect Windows 11 to be available for standalone purchase to consumers, like Windows 10. You can use the GetPCHealthCheckApp to check your devices now. download here To see if your current Windows 10 PC is eligible for the free upgrade to Windows 11, visit Windows.com to download the PC Health Check app, the post said. And if you buy a new PC between now and the general release, that computer will also be eligible for the free upgrade. If you haven't updated to Windows 10 yet, don't worry -- there's a trick for downloading Windows 10 free that still works. Now would be a good time to make the switch to prepare your machine for the Windows 11 upgrade.
How to download Windows 11, once it's available
Once Windows 11 becomes available, you'll download it the same way you would with any new version of Windows. Most users will go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update, and clicking Check for Updates. If available, you'll see Feature update to Windows 11. Click Download and install. If you want to test out Windows 11 ahead of time, an early beta version will be available next week for those in the Windows Insider Program, and a public beta will be released in July. However, we only recommend installing a beta if you have a second tester device -- not on your main device, as there are likely to be bugs.
Read all about the new Windows 11 on our special Windows 11 Board by visiting our Forum here
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