Microsoft Windows 10 event recap: see all the announcements

21 January, 2015

With Microsoft's Windows 10 event over it is time to take a look at what the Silicon Valley giant has in store for the next version of the legendary OS. Announcements definitely did not disappoint both in volume and quality.

Most of our questions about Windows 10 as well as some long-standing disputer were finally settled, but Microsoft went a step beyond and touched upon cross-device application usage, unified PC and Xbox gaming, improved DirectX performance and a whole new enterprise collaboration 84-inch touch device.

So if you think you might have missed anything here is a quick rundown of what Microsoft offered in Windows 10 and beyond and boy is it exciting!

Windows 10 will run on phones, share apps with the desktop

Microsoft is unifying Windows 10 for large devices (8+ inch screens) and small devices (phones and small tablets). It has tailored the experience to the size class so you won't get a large desktop on your small phone, but many shared interfaces will make things feel familiar to users as they switch...

Cortana is now part of Windows 10 on PC

The cloud-based Cortana assistant is officially going to be part of Windows 10 on the PC. It is now more intelligent and useful than ever. During today's M

Windows 10 will be a free upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 for the first year

At its Windows 10-related "briefing" today, Microsoft has just announced some very good news for those of you who are running an older version of its deskt

Microsoft announces the much rumored Project Spartan browser for Windows

One of the highlights of Microsoft's Windows 10 event today was Project Spartan, the software giant's next generation Web browser. This will be built into

Start menu resurrected with Windows 10, but with Live tiles

Windows 10 is taking a step back and forward - the Start menu is back, but unlike the classic menu this one has Live tiles in it. For those who enjoyed the

Microsoft details Xbox integration on Windows 10 – streaming to PC on board

In today’s Windows 10 press event, Microsoft spilled the beans on the Xbox app for its latest OS. The application will be available on every tablet and PC

Microsoft Surface Hub is an 84″ all-in-one computer for the conference room

Remember the Microsoft Surface? No, not the tablet, the large, touch-sensitive table. It never took off, but it’s successor is here and it leverages all the new tech in Windows 10.

Windows Holographic debuts alongside standalone Microsoft HoloLens headset

The last thing Microsoft had to present to the world today has to do with augmented reality. Following a growing trend in the tech world, the company has announced its own entry into the VR headset space...

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Reader comments

Punisher
23 Jan 2015
SH7

I watch a ton of videos and analyze it. Joe Belfiore is responsible for windows 8 because he comes from background of Zune. First he did make a makeover of windows phone zune like and introduced tiles but then he did F up windows 8 merging those two ...

Count
22 Jan 2015
nnC

In Europe, the price of Windows was usually around a full tank of petrol or so... so maybe you guys cease mentioning the price aspect of Windows and shift readers' attention to other topics...

Punisher
22 Jan 2015
pED

MS is like enforcer. The last great OS was Win7 which is pc OS. Then some dushbag come with idea to unifie Pc OS with phone OS there for Metro, just to dave shitty ms phone department forcing everybody on the f planet to use METRO On top of that th...