The first Windows 11 preview build is available right now

Windows 11 is coming, sooner for some and later for others—the new OS will be out later this year, but free upgrades for existing Windows 10 PCs won’t start rolling until 2024. Windows Insiders, however, can get their first shot at the latest and (hopefully) great version of Microsoft’s long-running operating system right now.

Windows 11 build 22000.51, as it’s formally known, includes “many, but not all” of the new features revealed last week. The updated UI is the most in-your-face aspect of the new Windows, but Insiders will also have a chance to play with the new widgets, multitasking options, and “beautiful, easy to use and inclusive” settings menu, test out Wi-Fi 6E support (assuming they have a 6E router, of course), and poke around the updated Microsoft Store. Office Insiders can check out a preview build of Windows 11 Office, too.