Microsoft Windows 10 is now running on 800 million devices
Microsoft Windows 10 is now running on 800 million devices. The company had aimed at 1 billion devices by the end of 2018.
Microsoft’s Windows 10 is now running on 800 million devices. The company added about 100 million subscribers in last six months.
At the 2017 edition of Build conference, Microsoft said winndow 10 was running on 500 million devices. Six months later, the company announced the OS had 600 million active users.
With 800 million devices, Windows 10 is now among the largest operating systems in the world. But Microsoft had to really toil to reach the milestone.
It may be recalled Microsoft had initially aimed at 1 billon devices by the end of 2018. Later, Microsoft acknowledged that the target was too ambitious.
Windows 10 was announced in July, 2015. Touted as the biggest-ever update to Microsoft’s PC software, Windows 10 came with new features and new UI. Microsoft also said it will no longer launch Android-like iterations of Windows each year and it will simply roll out two major updates each year to the Windows 10.
As far as Windows goes, it’s now being developed as a service rather than a product. Microsoft is also making a number of its core Windows apps available on Android and iOS as part of its cross-platform approach.
Microsoft is currently making efforts to push users on older-generation Windows versions to the latest one. Just recently Microsoft said it would winfow 7 provife arly if users didn’t install its March update that would bring SHA-2 encryption algorithms.
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