Windows 10 Installed on 200 Million Devices Globally

Microsoft is yet to begin the official release of Windows 10 Mobile OS for Windows Phone 8.1 users.

The firm also said that Windows 10 was now active on over 200 million devices.

Businesses have their sights set on Windows 10 adoption, with many planning to migrate off Windows 7 and 8 to take advantage of the new operating system’s cross-platform approach.

2015 was also the year that Microsoft released their first Windows 10 smartphones as well. They added: “Highest Engagement on Windows Ever, With Over 11 Billion Hours on Windows 10 in December”.

Earlier rumored to come in late December or early January, Nokia Power User said that a tipster revealed that Microsoft is planning to announce a mobile update on Tuesday next week, which may most likely pertain to Lumia 850.

The success of Windows 10 is key to chief executive Satya Nadella’s strategy of building an ecosystem of gadgets and cloud-based software and services that work together – similar to the way that Apple’s and Google’s do now.

30% more Bing search queries per Windows 10 device versus previous versions of the OS.

“The statistics indicate that Microsoft may be collecting more data than initially thought,”. The device comes with the Windows 10 OS and that alone will have people thinking if making the switch will be worth it.

People spent more than 44.5 billion minutes in the Microsoft Edge browser across Windows 10 devices last month. “While it is unclear what data is exactly collected, it is clear that the company is collecting information about the use of individual applications and programs on Windows at the very least”.

Over 2.5 billion questions have been asked of Cortana since launch, and over 82 billion photos viewed within the Windows 10 Photo app. Microsoft isn’t expected to make any major announcements at CES, although many of its partners will show Windows 10 PCs.

Microsoft didn’t release actual numbers, however, nor go into any detail about how it compared Windows 8 versus Windows 10 app sales.