Satya Nadella wants Windows to use less RAM as part of a bigger effort to win back consumers

Satya Nadella wants Windows to use less RAM as part of a bigger effort to win back consumers

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Summary

  • Microsoft is correcting the missteps of 2025, prioritizing quality over rapid deployment of AI.

  • Satya Nadella is committed to “winning back fans” by focusing on core Windows, Xbox, Bing and Edge.

  • Windows updates target performance gains on low-memory devices and fixes to core features.

If 2025 was the year of Copilot for Microsoft, then 2026 is shaping up to be the year for Microsoft to clean up the mess it made in 2025. Between numerous AI integrations and buggy Windows updates, Microsoft has eroded user trust over the last year, and it knows it. Fortunately, the company is already making progress in fixing the OS’s biggest problems, and it doesn’t look like that’s going to stop any time soon.

In fact, Windows is undergoing such a radical change that even Microsoft’s CEO has something to say about it. Satya Nadella revealed what he plans for the operating system during a recent earnings call, and it’s good news for people who are unhappy with Windows’ recent direction.

Microsoft admits Windows 11 needs improvement, so it will focus on making things better by 2026

I hope it works.

Satya Nadella says Microsoft wants to ‘win back its fans’

And the company already has a plan to do just that

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As spotted by Windows Latest, Microsoft released its third quarter FY26 results. It’s a great read if you’re interested in earnings, but there’s a particularly interesting part in the Q&A transcript where Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella explains where the company is going. It turns out he’s very interested in reintegrating people into the Microsoft ecosystem:

Finally, when it comes to our consumer business, we’re doing the groundwork needed to win back fans and build engagement across Windows, Xbox, Bing, and Edge.

In the short term, we are focusing on the fundamentals, prioritizing quality and better serving our core users.

As evidence of its work in this area, it highlights recent developments in Windows that bring “performance improvements for low-memory devices” while also promising changes that affect “the fundamental features and principles” of Microsoft’s services. And given that we’re already seeing Microsoft pull the rollout of Copilot to fix some of Windows’ biggest problems, I’m willing to believe Nadella will be up to the task.

windows 11 laptop

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Let’s hope this is actually true.