The WAN Show is changing address. In its May 15, 2026 episode, the Linus Media Group program announced it will be slowly moving to a dedicated YouTube channel at @WANShow. The same episode carries the headline "Windows 11 Is Getting Faster," a performance claim that matters to anyone who runs the OS day to day.

A new home for the show

The channel migration is the structural news of the week. Moving the show to a dedicated feed changes how viewers follow it. The announcement says "slowly," which suggests a gradual handoff rather than an abrupt relocation. If you want the episode in your subscription feed, the @WANShow channel is the address to follow. The old upload location won't vanish overnight, but the new channel is where the show's long-term future sits.

On the Windows 11 front, the episode title is the only detail on the record. The briefing that accompanied the announcement does not specify which improvements the show covered, so the confirmed fact is the headline itself: Windows 11 is getting faster. The full episode is available at youtu.be/54cgKe_VDr8, and that is where the specifics live.

One thing missing at publication time: the episode notes still listed the podcast download and the timestamp archive as TBD. Listeners who want a portable version of the episode will have to wait for those to land.

The sponsor slate

Beyond the headline and the move, the episode notes include a full sponsor slate, starting with a hardware giveaway from AMD. The contest offers a bundle with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU. Entry goes through the link in the episode description, and the bundle covers both the CPU and GPU in one shot.

Cape, the privacy-focused carrier, sponsors the episode with a pitch that contrasts its approach with traditional telecom. Conventional carriers track subscriber data, and Cape advertises built-in privacy features including IMSI rotation and last-mile encrypted texting. IMSI rotation changes the identifier a phone broadcasts to the network, which makes it harder to follow that device between towers. Last-mile encryption protects text messages over the final leg of their trip to the carrier. Cape's app is available for Apple and Android devices, and for users of the Accrescent app store. The show-specific offer is 33% off the first six months with the code WAN. The category matters because carriers hold location data, call records, and message metadata, and a privacy-first option is a straightforward sell to the WAN Show audience.

The rest of the sponsor list covers familiar ground. MotionGrey is promoting its Ergo2 Pro sit-to-stand desk. XSplit Broadcaster is offering 30% off a first purchase or subscription with the code WANSHOW30. dbrand has a Circuit Board skin available for devices, a running joke at Linus's expense. Razer has two placements, the Blade laptop lineup and the Iskur V2 gaming chair. Private Internet Access VPN rounds out the block with its usual WAN Show deal link.

As always, the show notes disclose that purchases made through some store links may provide compensation to Linus Media Group.

The bigger signal

Read together, the episode's contents say a few things about where the WAN Show stands in 2026. A giveaway from AMD with current-generation hardware means the show still carries enough audience to attract major chipmakers. A sponsor like Cape, a privacy carrier, is a notable catch for this show. And the repeated Razer and PIA placements show the value of long-running relationships in a media business where sponsor churn is constant.

The move to its own channel is the bigger signal. A show that earns its own YouTube home is a show whose operators believe it can support a dedicated following. The @WANShow address will carry the show going forward, and the "slowly" wording in the announcement suggests a transition period during which the show appears in both places. The move also gives the show its own recommendation footprint and its own subscriber base, separate from the main channel's general audience.

For Windows users, the open question is the performance one. The headline promises that Windows 11 is getting faster. The title alone sets the expectation, and the episode presumably walks through the details, but the show notes are thin on specifics. You will need to watch the broadcast to get the full picture. Windows 11 performance has been a recurring thread in tech coverage, and a headline like this one plugs directly into that conversation. The show's specific claims about Windows 11, and whether they hold up in practice, will have to come from watching the episode itself.

The May 15, 2026 episode does double duty. It marks the start of the WAN Show's move to its own corner of YouTube, and it puts a faster Windows 11 at the center of the conversation. Both changes are worth tracking in the weeks ahead.