In a brief appearance during an Ignite 2021 session today, Windows chief Panos Panay finally discussed the future of Windows. Vaguely and in passing.
“I haven’t talked about the next generation of Windows and what’s to come, but I can say that I’m very excited,” he said, invoking his favorite slogan. “We are not talking about it today.”
It is not clear what Panay was talking about today: the session in which he made this comment, called The Heartbeat of Modern Work: a chat by the Windows fireplace with Panos Panay and Roanne Sones, took less than 15 minutes to complete. duration. And he didn’t really say much about the content.
“I know the future of Windows is incredible, which we are bringing to the table for sure,” he continued. “But at the end of the day, we’re here today to talk about Windows 10 and what Windows 10 brings to the table, and how we can support our customers and partners here at Ignite.”
I will just release this note: It is interesting to me that he refers to the “next generation of Windows” when referring to the future, but he explicitly calls the current version “Windows 10.” This may be just because there is something called Windows 10X coming soon. But it can also suggest that a brand change is coming for what we call Windows 10 version 21H2.
We will know soon.