Microsoft has not officially detailed a "Windows 12", but leaks and the general roadmap point in a consistent direction. It is worth looking at what a next Windows generation would likely mean for hardware identity.
The expected direction
The signals all point one way: deeper reliance on TPM 2.0 and Pluton, stronger hardware attestation, and a boot process more tightly verified. In short, device identity rooted in firmware rather than in software.
What it would mean for HWID
If a future Windows leans fully on Pluton as the identity baseline, the firmware-rooted part of your hardware identity becomes even harder to change — and anti-cheats would lean on it by default. There is also talk of activation tied more directly to the hardware security chip, which would make licence migration and resale harder.
The honest read
None of this removes what a software HWID change does — rewriting the Windows, disk and network identifiers stays useful and safe. But it does mean the firmware-level layer keeps growing, and the realistic response is to understand that boundary rather than expect a tool to erase it. There is also time: a new Windows generation and its ecosystem take a while to become the norm.