Microsoft will control Windows 10 Mobile updates

Stefan Mileschin · 19th May 2015, 09:02

Unless you own an iPhone or a Google Nexus device, getting timely OS updates on a smartphone is usually a process mired in red tape by carriers and manufacturers alike—if updates arrive at all. Microsoft didn't even offer Windows Phone 7 users an upgrade path to Windows Phone 8, but the company appears to be changing course with the impending release of Windows 10. ZDNet's Ed Bott caught an interesting line in this Microsoft blog post introducing the new Windows Update for Business service. In that post, VP Terry Myerson said "today, we’re announcing this continuous update process applies to all Windows 10 devices, including phones."

Microsoft told Bott that it'll provide updates to both business and personal devices running Windows 10 Mobile, and that the update process will resemble the Windows Update desktop experience we know and (maybe) love. Devices running Windows 10 Mobile will apparently get all updates at Microsoft's ...

http://techreport.com/news/28286/mic...mobile-updates

19th May 2015, 09:02	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,462	Microsoft will control Windows 10 Mobile updates Unless you own an iPhone or a Google Nexus device, getting timely OS updates on a smartphone is usually a process mired in red tape by carriers and manufacturers alike—if updates arrive at all. Microsoft didn't even offer Windows Phone 7 users an upgrade path to Windows Phone 8, but the company appears to be changing course with the impending release of Windows 10. ZDNet's Ed Bott caught an interesting line in this Microsoft blog post introducing the new Windows Update for Business service. In that post, VP Terry Myerson said "today, we’re announcing this continuous update process applies to all Windows 10 devices, including phones." Microsoft told Bott that it'll provide updates to both business and personal devices running Windows 10 Mobile, and that the update process will resemble the Windows Update desktop experience we know and (maybe) love. Devices running Windows 10 Mobile will apparently get all updates at Microsoft's ... http://techreport.com/news/28286/mic...mobile-updates

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