[Software] Windows 11 details are here: features, release date and everything you need to know

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Windows 11 was finally announced during Microsoft's big event on June 24after months of speculation, with confirmation that the new operating system will be available from October 5. 

Anyone who currently uses Windows 10 will be eligible for a free upgrade to Windows 11, providing your laptop or PC meets the strict minimum system requirements that Microsoft has put into place in the name of future security. If you're lucky enough to jump straight into Microsoft's latest OS though, there are plenty of benefits to updating from Windows 10 to 11.

Showcasing the Fluent design language and more, the new upgrade can also be tried out on the Insider channels, ready to download and use on machines that meet the minimum requirements.

There is also a huge redesign of the Microsoft Store, allowing Android apps from the Amazon App Store to be used, so you can download TikTok and other apps if you wish.Plenty of discoveries are still being made with the updated Insider build and from what Microsoft are confirming with other vendors and users, but we're making sure that we're updating this page with everything that's been confirmed so far.

There's still some confusion as to the system requirements of what Windows 11 needs for your PC thanks to a component called TPM (Trusted Platform Module), but it looks like Microsoft isn't going to budge on its requirement that your device is equipped with a TPM 2.0 in order to run a fully supported version of the new OS.

While we wait for the full release to drop on October 5, here's everything we know about the release date, the new features, and more for Windows 11.Windows 11 release date 
Microsoft confirmed that Windows 11 is launching on October 5 as a free upgrade, with eligible devices being notified from them on.

Messages in previous press shots were stating how Windows was "turning it up to 11 in October!"

Intel also recently made reference to Windows 11 being the 'October 2021' update, which now only reinforces the October 5 date.

There's already laptops that are going to be launching with Windows 11, with vendors such as Huawei agreeing a deal with Microsoft to launch new laptops with the latest upgrade of Windows.

The company also confirmed that its PC Health Check tool will be updated closer to the launch of Windows 11, so you can see whether your own device is eligible to upgrade.There is also going to be a yearly update of the new operating system, similar to Apple's efforts with macOS.

While Microsoft released a tool that allowed you to see if your desktop PC or laptop will be able to run Windows 11, it was confirmed to be buggy, giving erroneous results for machines that would have no problem in running the update.

However, another tool has been released which gives you much clearer detail for how eligible for PC is.