A few hours before Build 2016 was held in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that Windows 10 is now up and running. on more than 270 million active devices worldwide since it was released 8 months ago.
At the beginning of the year Microsoft announced that Windows 10 was already available on 200 million computers around the world. So Windows 10 has become on the fastest growing Windows ever, even beating Windows 7 in the same time frame with 145%.
«Users spend more and more time on Windows, more than 75.000 million hours, with the highest customer satisfaction of any version of Windows. We're on track to reach the ambitious goal of 1.000 billion Windows 10 devices in the next few years"Said Microsoft.
Since it was launched, Microsoft has deployed various updates to Windows 10. At the event, Redmond also announced that it will deploy a new update on the anniversary of Windows 10 to PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox One, Microsoft HoloLens and loT that will bring Windows Hello Biometric Security to apps and Microsoft Edge, Windows Ink, a new Cortana collection and more.
A whole great and first year for Windows 10 in which the number of installations has grown like foam and that will continue to be the case as long as Microsoft continues to deploy updates that integrate more new features and optimize the system at the same time.
Windows 10 stands as a free update for existing Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 8.1 users through June 29, 2016. Windows 10 has different editions for all types of solutions: Home, Pro, Enterprise, and Education.
A Windows 10 that will integrate Ubuntu soon and that it has shown that Microsoft has been able to retaliate for some of the problems that came with Windows 8 and that Metro interface that got a lot of criticism from staunch Windows fans for years.