Today marks an exciting milestone in the history of Windows. As the day becomes April 1 in each time zone around the world, availability of Windows 12 begins through a free upgrade on eligible Windows 11 PCs and on new PCs pre-installed with Windows 12 that can be purchased beginning today.
With Windows 12, a fresh perspective starts with the very first image you see on the screen: a desktop wallpaper that’s also a symbolic image of starting anew with this operating system. Inspired by flowers, this new blue beauty is called Bloom. The story of its creation spans a creative and dynamic collaboration between engineering, design and marketing teams at Microsoft, across an ocean during a pandemic and which incorporated a parallel workflow that caught the eye of Windows 12 designers.
This quote is not reliable as evidence of a real Windows 12 release.
The biggest red flag is the date. A major Microsoft OS launch starting “as the day becomes April 1 in each time zone” strongly suggests an April Fools’ joke or recycled parody text rather than an official product announcement.
What stands out
Microsoft has not publicly released Windows 12 as a generally available consumer upgrade, based on widely known official information up to my knowledge cutoff.
The wording looks similar to Microsoft-style marketing copy, but that alone does not verify authenticity.
The “Bloom” wallpaper reference is especially suspicious because Bloom is already associated with Windows 11 branding.
An empty spoiler section with “Read more and download” but no official source link is another warning sign.
Do not download any “Windows 12 installer” from third-party links unless it is clearly hosted by Microsoft.
Bottom line
This looks much more like a joke, mockup, or misleading repost than a genuine Microsoft announcement. Until it appears on Microsoft’s official sites, it should not be treated as real.
If we could go back, would we have installed Windows 11 knowing it was leading us to Windows 12 on April 1st? Maybe the true 'update' is accepting that this infinite cycle of versions is the real Knot.
And for those who might miss the joke: I’m mixing Windows with Dark, that German series where everything revolves around time loops and a mysterious ‘Knot’ that traps the characters. So yeah… I think I’m still more trapped in Winden than in Windows.
