Here’s the part almost nobody knows: a will does not avoid probate. A will is your instructions to the court, which means it still goes to court. All of it (public, slow, months to a year) still happens. The will just tells the judge how you wanted things handled.
A revocable trust is different. It skips court entirely. The assets in it pass straight to the people you named, privately, usually in weeks instead of a year.
That doesn’t make a will useless. You still want one. It’s the backstop for anything you didn’t put in the trust, and it’s where you name guardians for young kids. The two work together: the will catches the leftovers, the trust does the real work of keeping your family out of court.
If you only have a will right now, you’ve done more than most people. You’ve just done the paperwork, not the part that saves your family the courtroom.