According to a recent report from Windows Central, Microsoft has released a new interview featuring current Windows head Pavan Davuluri discussing the platform's future and revealing multiple new directions for the operating system's next phase.

Davuluri stated that AI will make computing experiences more "contextual" and universal, spanning across more device formats and developing toward multimodal capabilities. The importance of voice will continue to rise, and computers' ability to read screen content at any time and understand context will become a key interaction method.

He provided an example, explaining that in the future, users will be able to speak directly to their computers while writing, taking handwritten notes, or interacting with others. The computer will understand users' intentions at a semantic level and respond accordingly.

This is not the first time Microsoft has signaled this direction. Last week, a Microsoft Corporate Vice President from the Enterprise and Security division mentioned in a "Windows 2030 Vision" video that voice will become a key input method for future Windows. Beyond mouse and keyboard, users will be able to converse with Windows using natural language, with the system understanding operational intentions based on screen content.

Davuluri also revealed that with the introduction of AI agents, future Windows interfaces will be dramatically different from current ones. Microsoft is increasing investment to drive the operating system's evolution toward "agent-based" and multimodal directions. He emphasized that cloud computing will combine with local computing to jointly support these new experiences, ensuring this integration is seamless.

Currently, AI assistants built into operating systems from Apple, Google, and Microsoft are merely "overlay" applications running on top of the operating system. Microsoft's goal is to launch an entirely new Windows within the next five years that integrates AI from the ground up, potentially named Windows 12.

However, Davuluri acknowledged that voice as a primary input method might make some users uncomfortable initially. But with the support of intelligent agents and natural language understanding, this interaction method will be more natural than people imagine.

Microsoft's Operating System Security Vice President David Weston recently shared a vision for Windows systems in 2030: featuring multimodal human-computer interaction, where people will rely less on visual information from computers and instead engage in conversations with their devices.