“Microsoft announced improvements to Windows 11’s memory usage and startup speed”
On September 7, 2026, Microsoft announced that subsequent updates to Windows 11 would focus on optimizing memory usage and system response performance. This move aims to improve the smoothness of devices with 8GB of RAM and to reduce boot time as well as speed up the response of security features such as Windows Hello. Due to the rising price of memory, Microsoft is re-evaluating the hardware requirements and shifting towards more efficient optimization of the basic experience. Internal tests have shown a reduction in boot time, but specific performance data has not yet been released. This optimization does not change the minimum requirements for Windows AI PCs with 16GB of RAM, but it is expected to improve the resource utilization efficiency of devices with full memory capacity.