LONDON: Microsoft plans to officially release Windows 10 this summer. When Microsoft extended it to phones earlier this year, just six Lumia devices were supported out of the gate. The company has shown a strong effort to make up for that initially limited preview, as dozens more phones were added today. Granted, they’re still all Lumias no surprise since Microsoft owns the brand.
The latest Windows 10 phone build doesn’t just bring new phones to the fold it actually adds quite a bit of useful content to the experience. Chief among everything is the addition of Project Spartan, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer-killing new web browser. It’s an early version and it’s not the default here; IE11 remains. But at least you can give it a shot.
Build 10051 also brings the new Outlook Mail and Outlook Calendar apps, as well as new Phone, Messaging, People, and Maps apps, as well as an updated app switcher and various fixes. In other words, it’s a meaty upgrade for those riding the bleeding edge of Windows.
And users will need to be on the bleeding edge, because the build is only going out to technical preview users on the fast upgrade ring right now. But users can switch to Fast if they want it, and if users aren’t in the preview and want to be, they can certainly still sign up and get started.
