Security News > 2021 > July > Windows 11 will soon let you know how long updates take to install
Windows 11 is working on a feature that displays an estimate of how long an update will take to be installed by Windows Update.
"We are providing estimates for how long a restart for updates would take. When your PC is pending reboot for a quality update, you will be able to see estimates on your power menu under Start, in restart notifications, on the Windows Update Settings page and inside the Windows Update icon that shows up at the lower right of Taskbar," Microsoft revealed in a Windows 11 blog post.
When a new update is available and ready to be installed in Windows Update, an icon showing circular progress arrows and a yellow dot will be displayed on the Taskbar to alert you that updates are ready to be installed.
Clicking on that icon will bring you to Windows Update to tell you what updates are available and the estimated amount of time it will take to install.
The estimate is also wildly inaccurate at this time, as users report that it can take much longer than five minutes to install the available update on their machine.
With only a small set of users currently in this test, it is unlikely Windows 11 will provide accurate estimates until a larger population is enrolled.