Recently Microsoft released its financial report and released data on some products. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella once again confirmed that Microsoft has refocused on Windows systems. Therefore, Microsoft will continue to focus on increasing the participation of core products such as Microsoft Edge browser and Bing search.
Satya Nadella said that Microsoft will focus on the basic functions of the Windows system to win back users. In this case, Microsoft should actually know from internal data that many users are dissatisfied with Windows 11 and have returned to Windows 10 or switched to other operating systems. This may also be the reason why Microsoft published a blog earlier to announce its plans for Windows. 11 Reasons for major adjustments to related features and experiences.
System and search users continue to grow:
According to data released by Microsoft, the current monthly active users of Windows have exceeded 1.6 billion, while the number of monthly active users of Bing search has exceeded 10 Billion, the growth rate of Bing search is very high, which is obviously related to Microsoft’s bundling of Bing search in Windows 11. Therefore, in this regard, Microsoft’s determination to continue to use various methods to attract users to use the Microsoft Edge browser will not change.
However, it is worth noting that Windows monthly active users are not equal to Windows 11 monthly active users. Data released by Microsoft in 2018 shows that there are approximately 1.5 billion devices running Windows systems. Therefore, the total number of devices cannot be directly inferred from the current 1.6 billion monthly active users, nor can the total number of Windows 11 monthly active users be subdivided.
However, overall the installed base of Windows 11 continues to grow. The reason is that Windows 10 has stopped being pre-installed. Now newly shipped laptops are pre-installed with Windows 11 system. As Windows 10 devices are gradually eliminated or upgraded, the number of active users of Windows 11 is also continuing to grow.
will ensure that the system can run smoothly on low-memory PCs:
Satya Nadella also mentioned that Microsoft will prioritize the basic functions and core user groups of Windows, and Microsoft will also ensure that Windows 11 Being able to run smoothly on devices with lower memory, at least as things stand right now, is critical for Microsoft to continue to increase the overall number of Windows devices.
The main reason is that the current memory price is too high. Considering the arrogance of Windows in using memory, running Windows 11 with 8GB of memory may be very difficult, but the price of a device equipped with 16GB of memory is too high. Therefore, the actual situation of the industry forced Microsoft to optimize Windows 11 to reduce memory usage and ensure that OEM partners can continue to provide consumers with entry-level price devices.