Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?

Let’s understand Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates? Is it Real? Microsoft introduced Windows update estimate time in Windows 11.

Estimated time is the new feature that Microsoft released with the latest version of Windows. Let’s find out more details about Windows 11 estimated downtime.

I have seen this feature with the latest version of the Windows 11 insider version. The Windows 11 version numbers/build numbers list is recorded in the previous post. The Windows 10 didn’t have the Windows update estimated time option.

Windows update estimate time will be available for Windows 11 feature and quality updates. Do you think this feature considers your PC’s hardware specification and available resources before providing the estimated time?

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Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?

The estimated time feature in Windows 11 provides the estimated time to complete Windows 11 quality or feature update after the restart. So, it’s ideally helping end-users estimate the downtime for their PC in advance.

Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?
Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?

Theoretically, the Windows update estimated downtime gives a better user experience. We never had an estimated rest before Windows 11. Is the estimated downtime a real thing, or is it just a very rough estimate?

Where you can see Windows Update Estimated Downtime for Windows 11 PC?

Let’s find out where you can see Windows Update Estimated Downtime for Windows 11 PC? You can get these details from many places in Windows 11.

This downtime detail will appear only after the download and Installation phases of Windows 11 quality and feature updates.

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  • You can open Settings application from Start.
  • Select Windows Update page to see update estimate time (downtime?)
  • Wait for Windows updates Download and Installation phase to complete.
  • The update estimate time will appear in Windows update page itself.
Windows Update Estimate Time in Windows 11 What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?
Windows Update Estimate Time in Windows 11 The downtime to complete updates is it Real?

You can see the update estimate time near the power button when you click on Start.

  • Update and shut down (estimate: 5 min)
  • Update and restart (estimate: 5 min)
Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?
Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?

NOTE! – You will notice the same notification about the updated estimate: 5 minutes in Windows 11 notification area in the taskbar area (near the time).

Estimate: 5 Min Is this real world Downtime?

I hope Microsoft is doing some magic to understand the overall system performance and machine learning (ML) and provide a super reliable downtime estimate with Windows update estimate time notification.

I don’t think it’s impossible to provide accurate details for downtime with AI and ML technologies combined with cloud power.

To understand and share the most relevant downtime details for each Windows 11 quality and feature update, Window 11 needs to evolve more because, at this point.

I get the same estimate time (5 min) for different VM configurations and physical PCs. We will find out how accurate these timings are in the coming days. Windows 11 Update Estimate Time | What is the downtime to complete updates is it Real?

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Anoop C Nair is Microsoft MVP! He is a Device Management Admin with more than 20 years of experience (calculation done in 2021) in IT. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group HTMD Community leader. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM 2012, Current Branch, and Intune. He writes about ConfigMgr, Windows 11, Windows 10, Azure AD, Microsoft Intune, Windows 365, AVD, etc.

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