Yeah, the Lumia 950 XL can technically run Windows 11, because why not?

Putting Windows 11 on anything that can compute is the new challenge of summer 2021.

What you need to know

• The Windows 11 preview for Insiders was released this week.
• There's a long history of people installing Microsoft's OS on weird hardware.
• A video showing Windows 11 running on a Lumia 950 XL shows just how flexible the OS can be.

With the official Windows Insider build of Windows 11 now available, we can begin the process of putting it on anything with a processor, including a Raspberry Pi 4.

Now, for no real significant reason, Windows tweaker and engineering student Gustave Monce has managed to get Windows 11 running on a 2015-era Lumia 950 XL.

Of course, people have been putting Windows on random computing objects for years. We put Windows 10X on a Surface Pro, and a few years ago, someone put Windows 95 on an Apple Watch, so this is nothing new. But it's still nice to see that it is possible with some clever modifications to the OS.

Whether Windows 11 on a six-year-old phone is actually helpful in 2021 remains to be seen.

It does make you wonder about those Windows 11 processor requirements though. As we've mentioned, older CPUs can run Windows 11, but Microsoft is just not letting them, likely for security reasons.

But hey, if this phone can run it, there is hope for your aging laptop too.