At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Germany, Microsoft confirmed that the company is listening to user feedback on various aspects of the Windows experience, including boot times, Windows Hello, and optimizations for PC systems with 8 GB of RAM. Speaking at the event, Mark Linton, Corporate Vice President of Windows & Devices at Microsoft, stated that the company is making a series of decisions that will impact Windows 11 users, and many of these changes will be rolled out over the next few builds.> Mark Linton, MicrosoftWe've made significant gains on things like boot time, Windows Hello responsiveness… We're continuing to improve on the fundamentals... We're listening to customer feedback, continuously improving Windows, and you'll see those updates as Windows just gets better as the updates come through...

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