Windows 11 2022 Update

Windows 11, version 22H2 (codenamed Sun Valley 2) is an upcoming feature update for Windows 11, which will succeed its original release in fall 2022. It will include several features originally announced in the June 2021 event, including the redesigned versions of Notepad, Paint and Media Player, and the Windows Subsystem for Android that allows users to run Android apps. The update also brings back certain functionality omitted from the original release of Windows 11, such as drag-and-drop support for the taskbar.

References to a future 22H2 update based on Copper codebase were first unintentionally added to telemetry documentation in April 2021 alongside similar references to the initial Windows 11 release, as well as the Windows 10 November 2021 Update. The target later shifted to Nickel, with build 22567 being the first Insider Preview build to include version 22H2 branding.

The new version is rumored to introduce support for third-party Widgets, as well as a true dark mode that would also apply to legacy Win32 apps.