Perhaps in preparation for a flood of questions, suggestions, and concerns about the release of Window 10 Mobile to the general public, the Windows team has started the discussion of the release with a lengthy but informative post on its Community page.
Thanks to the new post, Windows 10 Insiders and non-Insiders alike can grab useful information about specific device upgrades, the difference between release branches, and general insight into how the rollout will take place.
Thank you to Windows Insiders and the availability of Windows 10 Mobile.
Today we announced the availability of the Windows 10 Mobile upgrade to select Windows 8.1 phones on the Windows Blog here. We are grateful to all of you who choose to install Windows 10 Insider Preview builds on your own phones and provide us feedback. The first mobile build was sent out to Windows Insiders just over a year ago on Feb 12th, 2015. Thank you to all of you for helping to make the Windows 10 mobile launch today possible.
Today’s roll-out to a subset of Windows 8.1 devices is based on the customer experience we have heard from you, approvals from device manufacturers, and validation by mobile operators. We also have heard through feedback from Windows Insiders that many older Windows Phone devices did not meet our expectations for quality in experience with Windows 10 preview builds, and that feedback helped us choose which devices would receive the update to Windows 10.
As we stated previously, devices which are eligible to receive Windows 10 will also be able to get preview builds from the Development branch. We’ve already delivered a few builds to the devices which shipped with Windows 10, including the Lumia 550, 650, 950, 950 XL, Xiaomi Mi4, and Alcatel OneTouch Fierce XL. We have updated the list of devices that will be capable of receiving updates as part of the Windows Insider Program going forward. Devices on this list that opt in to the Fast or Slow rings, will begin to receive new Windows 10 Insider Preview builds from the Development Branch in the coming weeks. Windows Insiders who opt in to the Release Preview ring will receive app and servicing updates from the Current Branch earlier than other customers, but will not receive in development Windows 10 Insider Preview builds.
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Other useful tidbits in the discussions post are parsed from a Q&A sort of format that includes information about Insiders who already have the current Windows 10 Mobile Insider Preview build, as well as what the update means for Windows 10 Mobile builds from the Development Branch.
For anyone considering updating their devices today, it’s highly recommended that they visit this discussion page to get the right information before taking the plunge. There is nothing worse than being in the middle of an upgrade while reading the caution notes.
Happy downloading, everyone!
