Home › News ›

Microsoft Releases Windows 10 Preview to More Phones

Article Comments

Apr 10, 2015, 12:18 PM by Eric M. Zeman

Following up an announcement it made last month, Microsoft today made an updated version of the Windows 10 technical preview available to a much wider range of Lumia smartphones. Microsoft delivered an early build of the technical preview to just a few handsets in February. However, due to the way most handsets' partitions were created, the preview couldn't function properly on the vast majority of devices. Microsoft has completed a process called partition stitching, which allows devices to adjust the partition dynamically. Microsoft has finished testing this new version of the technical preview on a wide variety of Windows handsets. The preview is available through Microsoft's Windows Insiders program. Some of the handsets now able to install the beta operating system include the Lumia 1520, 1320, 1020, 920, 925, 928, and a smattering of handsets from the Lumia 500, 600, 700, and 800 series. According to Microsoft today's build includes an early version of the Project Spartan browser, the new Windows 10 universal Outlook and calendar apps, and new phone and messaging apps. The People Hub has a new visual design, and the Maps app has been updated to the universal windows version. Microsoft also refreshed the app switcher tool, which now supports a new grid for faster selecting. Microsoft said it fixed a number of performance problems compared to earlier builds, but warned that there are still a number of known problems with the technical preview.

Related

Apple Announces iOS 15

Jun 7, 2021
Apple today announced iOS 15, the next version of its core software that powers iPhones. Version 15 is not a major overhaul, but does add a long list of new features.

Samsung Refreshes Galaxy S Series with S Pen, New Cameras

Feb 9, 2022
Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.

Samsung Refines its Foldable Phones

Aug 10, 2022
Samsung has announced its newest generation of foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. Both have similar designs and features compared to their predecessors, with a slew of small updates and refinements across the board.

Samsung S24 Series Adds More AI, Updates the Hardware

Jan 17, 2024
Samsung has unveiled its lineup of flagship phones for 2024, the Galaxy S24 series. The phones sport multiple upgrades in both hardware and software compared to last year's models.

Android Gains Smarter Auto-Rotate and Long Screenshots

Jul 14, 2021
Google has released Android 12 Beta 3, which includes two major new features. The first is an enhanced auto-rotate feature that uses the front camera and face detection to orient the screen correctly while the user is lying down.

more news about:

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

No messages

Page 1 of 1