Microsoft has dropped the plan of launching the new version of Windows, called Windows 10X Share Via Email Microsoft According to latest reports, tech giant Microsoft won't be bringing its Windows 10X operating system variant to market as it has now been shelved, in favour of improving Windows 10 instead. According to The Verge, citing Petri, Windows 10X will no longer ship this year, and the OS will likely never arrive in its current form. The company had originally been planning to deliver Windows 10X, a more lightweight and simplified version of Windows, alongside new dual-screen devices like the Surface Neo. That was before the pandemic hit, and Microsoft decided to prioritise Windows 10X for single-screen laptops instead.