Windows 10 Mobile

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Windows 10 Mobile
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Windows 10 Mobile's (10166) Start Screen
Codename
Preliminary name
Windows "10 for Phones"
Kernel version NT 10.0
CPU architecture IA-32, ARM
Release date Currently in development
Support end Supported
Preceded by Windows Phone 8
Succeeded by Is currently the latest



Builds

  • No information available
  • Existence doubtful
  • Information or pictures available
  • Leaked or released


Technical Preview

Insider Preview


Version history

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Table of versions: Windows 10 (mobile)
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9941.12498

February 12, 2015

User interface

  • Home screen wallpaper displayed behind translucent tiles rather than within them.[1]
  • Live tiles can be tall in size.[2]
  • Updated design for context menus

General user experience

  • Ability to expand notifications[3]
  • Actionable notifications[4]
  • Action Center with additional settings toggles and same design across Windows 10 devices[4]
  • App list redesigned with wallpaper as background, recent installed apps at top and ability to search for apps[2][4]
  • Keyboard contains virtual pointing stick for text selection and a voice input button[4]
  • Notifications can be synchronized between other Windows 10 devices.[1]
  • Press and hold on any toggle in Action Center takes you to respective settings of that option[5]
  • Reminder of coming calendar events when turning the device off.[6]

Security features

  • Device encryption option

Apps

Universal apps

  • Alarms app, adding world clock, timer, and stopwatch modes.[9]
  • Calculator app with a built in unit converter.[10]
  • Photos app with OneDrive synchronization, collections and automatic photo enhancements.[4]
  • Settings app with the same categorization and layout on Windows 10 devices.[2][4]
  • Sound recording app added.[2]

10.0.12534.56
(Build 10051)

April 10, 2015

General user experience

  • Keyboard can be made smaller and shifted to the left or right of the screen for one-handed use on large-screen devices.[2]
  • LED notification support for individual apps[11]
  • Pen and inking support[12]
  • Possibility for speech input in virtually any data field one can type.[13][14]
  • Possibility to delete the primary Microsoft account without resetting the device[11]
  • Possibility to set battery saver threshold anywhere from 60% to 5% battery[15]
  • Smart dialing[16]
  • Updated app switcher that moves from left to right, up to 15 recently used apps and new grid layout for large-screen devices[17]

Security features

  • App permissions for location[11]

Windows apps

10.0.12534.59
(Build 10052)[20]

April 21, 2015

Bug fixes

  • Camera's viewfinder application
  • Disable data connections
  • Downloading keyboards in additional languages
  • Entering the correct PIN code would freeze some phones
  • Flight mode
  • MMS settings being lost while installing the preview

10.0.12562.84
(Build 10080)

May 14, 2015

User interface

  • New accent colors[21]
  • New live tile animation
  • Setting for background transparency[21]
  • Transparent tiles with background within as in Windows Phone 8.1[22]

General user experience

  • Change keyboard language by swiping space bar[23]
  • Long press on QWERTZUIOP letters for number access[24]

New technology support

  • Mouse pointing devices[25]

Windows apps

10.0.12634.131
(Build 10136)

June 16, 2015

User interface

  • All apps letter 'jump' buttons are ALL CAPS instead of lower case
  • Many UI refinements
  • Split-view settings in landscape mode on higher-res displays[27]

General user experience

  • 3G only setting for highest connection speed
  • Cortana improvements
  • Reachability feature for 5" devices and above, press and hold Windows button for screen to slide down
  • Search box replacing the search button at the top of the all apps list
  • Battery Saver now displays detailed information on an application's battery usage concerning lighting up the screen, running the processor or transferring data.[28]
  • The ability enable and disable OneDrive backups for individual applications.

"Project Spartan"[29]

  • Internet Explorer Mobile is removed
  • InPrivate mode
  • Secure sites are marked with a badge
  • Full-screen videos
  • A "Save as" option for web images to convert files into .png or .jpg images

New technology support

10.0.12648.133
(Build 10149)[30]

June 25, 2015

User interface

  • Updated icons and visuals (including visual controls)

General user experience

  • Flashlight toggle in notification center[31]
  • Quiet hours enabled from Cortana's notebook
  • Option for showing notification panes on the lockscreen
  • Download limit on 3G networks removed

Windows apps

  • "Project Spartan" branded as Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Edge gained option to view a website as "desktop" or "mobile"
  • Microsoft Edge's address bar moved to bottom of the screen
  • Automatic camera roll back up is now enabled from the OneDrive application
  • Photos now supports .gif files
  • Photos now shows albums (Camera roll, screenshots, saved photos)

New technology support

10.0.12666.0
(Build 10166)[33]

July 10, 2015

General user experience

  • Removal of the Windows Phone Store
  • "Universal" Windows Store is out of beta
  • Battery icon in Action Center is now larger

Security

  • Users who forgot their PIN are now prompted to enter "A1B2C3" as opposed to being locked out of their mobile telephones requiring a hard reset
  • Ability to change PIN with Microsoft accounts after 5 failed attempts[34]

Bug fixes

  • Compatibility for apps has been improved
  • Improved reliability of app downloads and updates from the Store
  • Missing migration screen post-reboot when updating has been re-implemented

Announced features

Unreleased

User interface

  • Spotlight lockscreen

General user experience

  • Block and filter calls and texts[35]
  • Continuum for Phones
  • Skype integration for messaging and calls. Conversations and contacts can be synced with Messaging app on Windows 10 on PC.[4][1][36][37]

New technology support

Windows Camera[21][39]

  • Extended variable photo sequence
  • Independent flash control
  • Profile
  • Quick launch for more devices
  • Square aspect ratio resolutions
  • Variable frame rate (slow motion)
  • Video HDR


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