Though the event invite itself doesn’t make any references (obvious or vague) to Windows 9 from what we’ve seen, Microsoft is widely expected to give the world its first official look at the company’s next desktop operating system.
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To this point, numerous leaks from German tech blog Winfuture.de give us some very clear looks at what Microsoft may have in store.
Screenshots and videos of a technical preview version of Windows 9 currently indicate that Microsoft’s next desktop OS could come with the ability to run multiple desktops at once, a notifications center, a version of the Cortana voice assistant, the return of the beloved Start menu (with a Metro UI-ish twist), and much more.
Related: A video of someone using multiple desktops in Windows 9 leaks out
Though Microsoft may very well lift the curtain on Windows 9 just a couple of weeks from now, the OS may not be released until sometime next year. Virtually all of the Windows 9 release date rumors to this point have pegged a launch sometime in the Spring of 2015, with the possible release of a public beta either late this month, or early next month.
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