OK, then. After reading numerous Windows rumors that the latest Windows version might drop today, I just ran the update check on WU. As you can see in the lead-in graphic, it’s offering qualified systems (including Flo6, P16, RyzenOfc and D7080) this item as the “Windows 11 2026 Update .” As WU offers Win11 26H2, that info provides the lead-in graphic for this very blog post.

When WU Offers Win11 26H2, Then What?

If you’re like me and love living on the edge, you’ll install it right away. If you’re in a corporate or other gated environment, you’ll bring up in a testbed first to see if it breaks anything. Given that this is another “enablement package” most of what’s coming is already here. And if last year’s 25H2 eKB (enablement package KB update) is any indicator, the whole experience should be pretty fast and painless.

Today’s Windows Experience blog post, from MS Product Mgmt VP John Cable, is entitled “How to get the Windows 11 2026 Update.” Appearances to the contrary in the title aside, it basically says “Comes to eligible devices via WU.” No download links, or anything like that. Fortunately, Shawn Brink’s covering post at ElevenForums provides x64 and ARM64 links to the eKB. Good enough for me!

The eKB Experience on AsusSnap

Because WU didn’t offer the eKB to my Snapdragon X Asus Zenbook A14 (aka AsusSnap), I grabbed the ARM64 download to try it out. It’s zipped and tiny (172KB compressed; 175K for .msu file). It completed in under 30 seconds on the target PC, and the reboot was pretty speedy, too. Shows up as Build 26300.9550 after the update:

Seems like mostly a no-brainer. Thus, I’m bidding adieu to 25H2 and saying hello to 26H2. Check it out: you may decide to do likewise!