Microsoft shelved its Windows 10X - Report

[Chris]

Microsoft shelved its Windows 10X - Report

Microsoft has reportedly shelved its new Windows 10X operating system (OS) and will instead continue to focus on improving Windows 10.

The company first introduced Windows 10X in October 2019, originally as an OS specifically designed for dual-screen devices.

Microsoft announced that the new operating system would be a lighter, more simplified version of Windows 10 that would be launched alongside the Surface Neo in 2020.

 

[SilverCode]

Microsoft really need to work on their naming conventions. I thought 10X was the successor to 10, not an OS for a different form factor. Same problem with the XBox - no idea what the latest version of the XBox is because of their nonsensical naming scheme.

 

[The_Librarian]

Microsoft really need to work on their naming conventions. I thought 10X was the successor to 10, not an OS for a different form factor. Same problem with the XBox - no idea what the latest version of the XBox is because of their nonsensical naming scheme.

Same here

 

[xtm]

10X times to update win10

 

[ActivateD]

Microsoft really need to work on their naming conventions. I thought 10X was the successor to 10, not an OS for a different form factor. Same problem with the XBox - no idea what the latest version of the XBox is because of their nonsensical naming scheme.

I am still confused as to why they skipped windows 9 to 10.

 

[mister]

I am still confused as to why they skipped windows 9 to 10.

because windows seven ate nine

 

[Gimli_]

They should just go straight to being a desktop environment on top of the Linux kernel and be done with it

 

[grant_cpt]

I am still confused as to why they skipped windows 9 to 10.

They already had windows 9x

Windows 95 and Windows 97

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Why do I have to pay for an OS that never matures-?

 

[backstreetboy]

Why do I have to pay for an OS that never matures-?

Hah a you paid for it? LOL!!!!!!!!

 

[Pegging]

I am still confused as to why they skipped windows 9 to 10.

In German, it would be Windows Nein.

 

[FiestaST]

Microsoft confirms Windows 10X is dead

The dream of a lightweight Windows is over, for now

Microsoft is confirming today that it no longer plans to release Windows 10X. The operating was originally supposed to arrive alongside new dual-screen devices like the Surface Neo, with a more lightweight and simplified interface and features. This was all before the pandemic hit, and Microsoft then decided to prioritize Windows 10X for single-screen laptops instead. Windows 10X is now officially over, and Microsoft is now planning to bring its best bits into Windows 10.

“Instead of bringing a product called Windows 10X to market in 2021 like we originally intended, we are leveraging learnings from our journey thus far and accelerating the integration of key foundational 10X technology into other parts of Windows and products at the company,” confirms John Cable, head of Windows servicing and delivery.

Some of that has already started appearing in the form of a new app container technology, better voice typing, and a modernized touch keyboard for Windows 10. Microsoft says it will now “continue to invest in areas where the 10X technology” makes sense for both software and hardware in the future. It’s unlikely that we’ll ever see the Surface Neo device now, though.

Microsoft confirms Windows 10X is dead

Windows 10X features will arrive in Windows instead.

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