Microsoft 10 released for phones (Video)
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 02/12/2015 03:09 PM
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Microsoft today launched Windows 10 preview for phones.
Today’s preview is for smartphones, and it comes with a slew of new features.
Microsoft is promising the following:
••A browser rendering engine.
••Full-size Background Image for Start: A new option to customize the start screen with a full-size background image.
••More Quick Actions in Action Center: Windows Phone 8.1 is limited to four programmable quick actions, while Windows 10 gives you an expanded view with up to three rows.
••Interactive Notifications: Notifications are now interactive, allowing you to take action directly, like dismissing an alarm or seeing images for maps. For example, for text messages, when the toast pops, you can quickly reply inline via text or voice.
••Significantly enhanced speech-to-text capability: You can talk to virtually any data field you choose. Your words show up as you speak them — and punctuation appears automatically. This feature is smart enough to understand when to use “two” the number instead of “too” as in “also.”
••More powerful Photos app: From your very first launch, Photos will show the aggregated set of all your local photos and all your OneDrive photos.
The only limitation to the build is that Cortana is English only for the U.S.
The Windows 10 preview works on the Lumia 630, Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 730, and Lumia 830. “Expect the list to grow slowly at first but expand comprehensively over time,” Microsoft wrote. Your device will also need at least 8GB of storage and already have had Windows Phone 8.1 installed at the time of purchase (if you updated to Windows Phone 8.1, the preview won’t work).
Microsoft is only supporting phones that have a recovery image available because it wants to be able to support restoring to older versions.
Today’s preview is for smartphones, and it comes with a slew of new features.
Microsoft is promising the following:
••A browser rendering engine.
••Full-size Background Image for Start: A new option to customize the start screen with a full-size background image.
••More Quick Actions in Action Center: Windows Phone 8.1 is limited to four programmable quick actions, while Windows 10 gives you an expanded view with up to three rows.
••Interactive Notifications: Notifications are now interactive, allowing you to take action directly, like dismissing an alarm or seeing images for maps. For example, for text messages, when the toast pops, you can quickly reply inline via text or voice.
••Significantly enhanced speech-to-text capability: You can talk to virtually any data field you choose. Your words show up as you speak them — and punctuation appears automatically. This feature is smart enough to understand when to use “two” the number instead of “too” as in “also.”
••More powerful Photos app: From your very first launch, Photos will show the aggregated set of all your local photos and all your OneDrive photos.
The only limitation to the build is that Cortana is English only for the U.S.
The Windows 10 preview works on the Lumia 630, Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 730, and Lumia 830. “Expect the list to grow slowly at first but expand comprehensively over time,” Microsoft wrote. Your device will also need at least 8GB of storage and already have had Windows Phone 8.1 installed at the time of purchase (if you updated to Windows Phone 8.1, the preview won’t work).
Microsoft is only supporting phones that have a recovery image available because it wants to be able to support restoring to older versions.
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