13 July, 2017
A man is silhouetted against a video screen with the Microsoft logo in the background as he poses with a Nokia Lumia 820 smartphone in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica September 3, 2013.
Microsoft has revealed it is ending support for Windows Phone 8.1, the most popular version of its mobile operating system.
Microsoft is today releasing two new Windows 10 Insider Preview builds to Insiders in the Fast Ring.
Windows Phone 8.1 was originally released on 11 July 2014 and Microsoft was committed to providing support for three years.
End of support means there will be no updates to it of any kind, including security updates.
Among the Mixed Reality fixes in this build are support for Mixed Reality Motion Controllers over USB (with wireless and Bluetooth support to come "soon"); improved headset stability; speech command improvements; the ability to shared Mixed Reality captures to Facebook and more.
When it was launched, Windows Phone 8.1 was widely perceived as the biggest update to Microsoft's operating system.
Now, it is very important on how the company will continue its job on the Windows 10 Mobile OS, which currently looks pretty good and works without any problems.
However, Windows 10 Mobile is not compatible with all devices running Windows Phone 8.1.
A minute of silence as Microsoft pulls the plug on Windows Phone, for those of you who have been paying attention, the inevitable has happened.
