Windows Phone 10 preview will be available to wider range of handset users
Imminent update will allow six times as many phones to try Microsoft's new mobile OS
The Windows 10 Technical Preview is coming to a much wider range of Windows Phone users.
Developments in the coding process mean that the forthcoming build of the Windows Phone 10 Technical Preview will be available for 36 phones almost six times as many as the initial release, according to information disclosed inan official Windows blog.
Previously, users downloading the preview had to have handsets with a partition size large enough to support the upgrade. Now, however, partition stiching' will allow Microsoft to "re-size the system partition dynamically", fitting the update into a much wider range of devices.The full list of supported phones is below:
Lumia 1020
Lumia 1320
Lumia 1520
Lumia 520
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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
Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM
Microsoft has been keen to point out that this is far from a definitive list, and that phones may be added or dropped depending on bugs, compatibility and other numerous quirks of unfinished software.
It's also been tight-lipped on a release date for the next Windows 10 build. However, according to the company, the developers need "at least one more week of engineering". If we had to guess, this would lead us to expect that Windows Insiders will be seeing the newest Technical Preview in a fortnight at the latest.
Adam Shepherd has been a technology journalist since 2015, covering everything from cloud storage and security, to smartphones and servers. Over the course of his career, he’s seen the spread of 5G, the growing ubiquity of wireless devices, and the start of the connected revolution. He’s also been to more trade shows and technology conferences than he cares to count.
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