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Microsoft's Windows phones get a surprising Xbox update

March 23, 2021 by Brad Stephenson
Windows 10 Mobile on Lumia 950

In a bit of a surprise move, Microsoft appears to have fixed a bug that was preventing Xbox Achievements from unlocking on the now defunct Windows phone smartphones. The change was first spotted by TA who tracks activity on the ... Read more

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It's 2020 and I've started using my Windows Phone Lumia 930 again - because of Windows Maps

March 6, 2021December 5, 2020 by James Walker
windows10mobile_maps

I used my Nokia Lumia 930 as my daily phone well into 2019. Although stuck on the dated Windows 10 "Anniversary Update," the Lumia continued to fulfil my undemanding day-to-day requirements. An unfortunate encounter with a doorframe eventually led to ... Read more

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Twitter's image algorithm prefers Microsoft's Windows phone and Xbox Series X over iPhone and PS5

March 11, 2021September 21, 2020 by Brad Stephenson
Xbox Series X on Twitter

The Twitter social network made headlines this past week after numerous users began discovering that its algorithm for determining what part of an image would be shown in a thumbnail preferred White faces over Black ones. This isn’t the first ... Read more

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Windows 10 news recap: Minecraft to drop Windows 10 Mobile support, Outlook to get cloud sync in September, and more

March 6, 2021August 15, 2020 by Jack Wilkinson
Windows 10 Logo Generic Featured Image Hero

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Windows 10 Twitter app gains support for branded Likes, card previews, and reply ... Read more

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Minecraft will drop support for Windows 10 Mobile, iOS 10 and more in October

March 6, 2021August 10, 2020 by Laurent Giret

Minecraft developer Mojang announced this morning that it will be ending support for the popular sandbox game on several old platforms in October of this year.

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Windows phone support is finally ending for the Disney Magic Kingdoms mobile video game

March 6, 2021March 4, 2020 by Brad Stephenson
Disney Magic Kingdoms Finding Nemo video game update.

The popular Disney Magic Kingdoms video game will finally be ending support for Windows phones running Windows 10 Mobile on April 21st. The announcement was made via a fullscreen in-app message yesterday which alerted players to the change. Disney Magic ... Read more

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Windows 10 news recap: new Instagram PWA now available, Live Tiles may be dropped from the Start Menu, and more

March 6, 2021February 28, 2020 by Jack Wilkinson
Windows 10 Logo Featured Image Generic Hero

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Cortana to lose consumer skills in Windows 10 20H1 update, but Alexa integration ... Read more

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Microsoft's Mixer fate is looking a lot like Windows Phone at the moment

March 6, 2021January 20, 2020 by Kareem Anderson
Microsoft's Mixer fate is looking a lot like Windows Phone at the moment OnMSFT.com January 20, 2020

In most cases, the disillusionment isn't from blind fanboyism to Twitch, Google or any other service, but by the lack of competitive features

Categories Opinion

Windows 10 Mobile reaches end of service today with final build 15254.603

March 6, 2021January 14, 2020 by Laurent Giret
Windows 10 Mobile reaches end of service today with final build 15254.603 OnMSFT.com January 14, 2020

Windows 10 Mobile is finally dead as the just-released build 15254.603 is the final build for the OS.

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WhatsApp for Windows Phone will stop working today

December 31, 2019 by Jonny Caldwell
WhatsApp for Windows Phone will stop working today OnMSFT.com December 31, 2019

As Windows 10 Mobile has recently received its end support from Microsoft, and today marks the end of support for WhatsApp on the now-dead mobile operating system from Microsoft.

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The mobile app store for Windows Phone 8.1 smartphones goes offline today

December 18, 2019 by Brad Stephenson
Orange Windows Phone

As we reported back in October, Microsoft will be shutting down the app store for all Windows phones running Windows Phone 8.1 and under. Once the store is taken offline, users will be unable to download any apps and will ... Read more

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Microsoft now says Windows 10 Mobile will reach end of support on January 14, 2020

December 16, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Windows 10 Mobile on Lumia 950

It’s been two years since Microsoft announced that Windows 10 Mobile will reach end of support on December 10, 2019, but the mobile OS may remain on life support for one more month. Indeed, as spotted by Twitter user @wenti_man ... Read more

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Windows 10 news recap: Surface Hub 2X may run Windows 10X, Windows 10 Mobile is no longer supported, and more

December 14, 2019 by Jack Wilkinson
Windows 10 Logo Generic Featured Image Hero

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Microsoft’s Surface Hub 2X, expected for 2020, may run Windows 10X according to ... Read more

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Remembering Windows Phone, the OS that tried to break the iOS/Android duopoly

December 11, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Windows Phone and Purse

Yesterday, Microsoft finally dropped support for Windows 10 Mobile, the mobile OS that succeeded to Windows Phone 8.1 back in 2015. The OS has been pretty much on life support for two years, with Microsoft stopping adding new features to ... Read more

Categories Feature Stories

The final Windows 10 Mobile update is now rolling out to Microsoft's Windows phones

December 11, 2019 by Brad Stephenson
Lumia 950 running Windows 10 Mobile in Tokyo, Japan

Microsoft officially ended support for their Windows phones today and now the final Windows 10 Mobile operating system update has begun to roll out to users’ handsets. This latest, and final, OS update brings Windows 10 Mobile to build 15254.600. ... Read more

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Windows 10 Mobile reaches end of support today, here's what it means for users

December 10, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Windows 10 Mobile reaches end of support today, here's what it means for users OnMSFT.com December 10, 2019

Windows 10 Mobile has been a dead platform for quite some time now, but the official end of support for the mobile OS is today, December 10, 2019

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Office Mobile apps for Windows 10 Mobile will reach end of support in January 2021

December 9, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Windows 10 Mobile Office

As Windows 10 Mobile is about to reach end of support tomorrow, December 10, Microsoft announced on Friday that its Office Mobile apps for the mobile OS will be deprecated on January 12.

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Windows 10 news recap: November 2019 update rolling out to consumers, Windows 10 Mobile gets an update, and more

November 15, 2019 by Jack Wilkinson
Windows 10 Logo Generic Featured Image Hero

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. “My People” feature in Windows 10 is no longer being actively developed Microsoft's ... Read more

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Windows 10 Mobile update rolls out to Microsoft's dying Windows phones

November 14, 2019 by Brad Stephenson
Windows 10 Mobile on Lumia 950

A new update for the Windows 10 Mobile operating system on Windows phone smartphones, named the KB4522811 Update, just finished rolling out to those true believers with their handsets still powered on. This latest update brings the operating system to ... Read more

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Windows 10 news recap: Microsoft won't fix Windows 10 Mobile security flaw with Cortana, Your Phone app begins testing Calls feature, and more

October 12, 2019 by Jack Wilkinson
Windows 10 Logo Generic Featured Image Hero

Welcome back to our Windows 10 news recap, where we go over the top stories of the past week in the world of Microsoft’s flagship operating system. Still using Windows 10 Mobile? You might want to disable Cortana on your ... Read more

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Is Surface Duo the mobile device Windows Phone fans have been looking for?

October 11, 2019 by Laurent Giret
Is Surface Duo the mobile device Windows Phone fans have been looking for? OnMSFT.com October 11, 2019

After many rumors suggested that Microsoft has stopped working on its “Andromeda” pocketable device to focus on a bigger dual-screen tablet, it was really surprising to see Microsoft announce Surface Duo earlier this month. However, is an Android-powered dual-screen device really is what Microsoft fans have been waiting for?

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