That’s exactly what Microsoft needed, given all the complaints around the lack of new builds despite what was promised.Editor’s note: Don DeLoach is the president and COO of CENTRI Technology and an advisory board member at Microshare.io.
This is a massive Windows 10 for phones release, both in terms of features and the number of supported devices. Microsoft Band: Now syncs with your phone after upgrading to Windows 10.The tile will now pick up the phone’s theme color before it’s launched and start showing pictures from your collection, including OneDrive in the Live tile. Photos app: It no longer fails to launch periodically when attempting to add a photo attachment to an email, OneNote, or Facebook item.
Cortana: The icon resolution now scales with tile size.You may also replace the emoji key with the language switching key. Language switching is enabled by press-and-hold on the &123 key. Keyboard layout: The keyboard now has period, comma, and emoji keys on the first page.Microsoft has also fixed a slew of issues in build 10051: Large phones now have a new grid layout for easily switching between apps. Support for landscape mode has been added when the app switcher is invoked from an app being viewed in landscape. To see your recently used apps (the list now goes up to 15), just press and hold the back button on your phone.
With all these new apps, it makes sense that the App Switcher get an update as well. This is the first time the two have been integrated together into a single app.
Here’s the full list: Lumia 1020, Lumia 1320, Lumia 1520, Lumia 520, Lumia 525, Lumia 526, Lumia 530, Lumia 530 Dual Sim, Lumia 535, Lumia 620, Lumia 625, Lumia 630, Lumia 630 Dual Sim, Lumia 635, Lumia 636, Lumia 638, Lumia 720, Lumia 730, Lumia 730 Dual SIM, Lumia 735, Lumia 810, Lumia 820, Lumia 822, Lumia 830, Lumia 920, Lumia 925, Lumia 928, Lumia ICON, Microsoft Lumia 430, Microsoft Lumia 435, Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM, Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV, Microsoft Lumia 532, Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM, Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM, and Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM.