PC users are mostly unaware of Windows 11’s existence, according to study

You may know all about Windows 11, but your friends may not.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.

What you need to know

WhileWindows 11’s impending launch is a well-documented upcoming event in some corners of the internet, there are many who don’t have even the foggiest idea that Windows 11 exists or is set to formallyrelease on October 5, 2021.

According to arecent study by Savings.com, which surveyed 1,042 Windows users on September 17, 2021, “a minority of users were even aware the update was coming before taking part in our study.”

“Only 38 percent of current Windows users said they were aware a major change was coming to the operating system,” the report said, and two-thirds of respondents were unsure whether they had the hardware required to make the jump to Microsoft’s latest OS.

Take the survey results as you’d like, given that they’re based on a sampling size of roughly one thousand people. Though it’s worth noting that if Microsoft has failed to inform the majority of Windows users with its Windows 11 news, it’s not for lack of trying (at least, not entirely). Microsoft has beenheavily advertising the new OSin at least a few places recently, with commercials for it frequently cropping up on ESPN and UFC. Those are just two examples.

It looks like Microsoft may have to keep the advertising efforts up for some time, though, if Savings.com’s survey results are any indicator of how much remains unknown to the public’s general awareness.

Get the Windows Central Newsletter

All the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards.

Robert Carnevale is the News Editor for Windows Central. He’s a big fan of Kinect (it lives on in his heart), Sonic the Hedgehog, and the legendary intersection of those two titans, Sonic Free Riders. He is the author ofCold War 2395. Have a useful tip? Send it to robert.carnevale@futurenet.com.