Windows 10: 270 million active users and major free update in summer

The first news conference regarding Build 2016 Windows 10: Terry Myerson, executive vice president, Windows and Devices Group, provided, first, a new update on the number of active users of Windows 10, which has reached and exceeded the threshold of 270 million in 8 months after the launch of the first stable version of the operating system.

Important numbers also as regards the number of hours spent by users using Windows 10, 75 billion, and with regard to the growth of the ecosystem with more than 500 devices made specifically for Windows 10. It reiterated the manager, the version Windows characterized by the higher rate of growth and dissemination.

The second important change concerns the formalization of the next major update of the operating system will be called Windows 10. Anniversary Update and will be issued free of charge during the summer.

Among the innovations demonstrated at the conference (for now very quickly to give space to the many novelties that will be presented at the conference) include the ability to leverage Windows Hello within the Microsoft Edge browser, so you can access to websites using the recognition system based on biometric parameters. New features also with regard to the input via capacitive stylus with Windows Ink, Notification Center renovated in form and in substance, new features regarding the Office personal productivity suites. Do not miss news directly related to Cortana, with proactive suggestions and improved the ability to access the server also voice through the lock screen.

The update will also be available for the Xbox One, offering the ability to use the universal app Windows 10, as previously anticipated. This objective will be achieved through the new Windows Store unified. The console also will be transformed as a development kit, enabling the Developer Mode. Upgradeable devices include, of course, the Windows 10 Mobile smartphone, the Hololens viewer and the devices that use the IoT version of Windows 10.