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Microsoft gets PCs and phone udates lined up

by on10 December 2015


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Software giant Microsoft has finally managed to link its PC windows with Mobile and now both will be updated at the same time.


Without much of a fanfare Microsoft released a preview build of version 10586.29 to Windows 10 Mobile Insiders, and now all eligible Windows 10 PCs and phones can upgrade to this build directly from Microsoft.

Although Microsoft has not pushed Windows 10 Mobile to existing Windows 8.1 phones yet, virtually all of its new Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL phones have been upgraded to Windows 10.

Microsoft’s Terry Myerson, who runs the company’s Windows and Devices group has contacted his mates in the press to point out what could be a cosmic alignment.

This could mean Windows Phone owners will receive new features and bug fixes more frequently than before. Although Google Nexus owners were sort of able to do this, it is a feature which has been missing from Android.

Windows 10 Mobile phones purchased from carriers will still ship with carrier apps installed, but at least they’ll otherwise be “pure Windows.”

Microsoft reps said in May that the company was working to push software updates directly to phones, rather than migrate them through the carriers and they will come out at the same time as other updates. This process could take months in Android and caused considerable fragmentation of the market.

Redmond on the other hand pushed its Lumia 950 update directly to consumers, regardless of whether or not those phones were provided by a carrier. Microsoft has successfully bypassed the carriers with its OS updates.

The only downside to this is that now, just like your PC, your phone will reboot more often. Still it will be a lot more secure.

Last modified on 10 December 2015
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