#Windows 11 download beta update#

This is exactly the sort of thing that hackers love, malicious software and virus finds its way into, and phishing as well as snooping scams happen. It is being hosted by all sorts of websites, and that is a recipe for disaster.

Mind you, this supposed Windows 11 build isn’t being distributed via official Microsoft channels. This isn’t even a beta yet, let alone a stable beta. The thing with this Windows 11 build is, it isn’t even official. That’s what happens with work in progress software, and which is why we recommend not installing beta versions of software and apps, on primary computing devices. Some of your software and apps might not work. They may have bugs and functionality may be broken. But there is an inherent risk with installing official test builds too.

Yes, you’d have seen images of this operating system on the internet, with the supposed center placement of certain elements on the task bar, a supposed new multitasking experience and even the addition of widgets. If you’ve been enticed by the surprise availability of the next Windows update, or Windows 11, much ahead of the official release, our advice would simply be to hold off on downloading and installing this supposed test build operating system on your PCs just yet. All Microsoft has done is issued a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) copyright infringement take-down request to Indian tech site, which in no way confirms that the entirety of the software that is being considered a test build, is actually that. Since then, there are suggestions that Microsoft has confirmed that build is legitimate. It wasn’t soon after that Microsoft confirmed an official announcement for June 24, a supposed test build was found doing rounds on the internet.

#Windows 11 download beta update#

But whatever it is finally called, it’s expected to be the biggest update that Windows has received since Windows 10 released in 2015. The official Microsoft announcement about the next version of the Windows operating system, is not too far away.