In 2018, Microsoft canceled plans to ship a new Windows-based OS designed from the ground up for a new dual-screen phone form factor, codenamed Andromeda. This special version of Windows would have ...

Before Microsoft shipped the Surface Duo with Android, it was meant to run a custom version of Windows called Andromeda OS, built specifically for dual-screen devices. That plan was quietly scrapped ...

Instead, the petition asks Microsoft to produce a Windows Phone OS that works with modern hardware, a new UI, with support for Microsoft 365, Copilot, and all the apps people use these days. Right now ...

Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to ...

Once upon a time, the name “Windows” stood for something. Several things, actually. It was (and is) the world’s dominant personal computer operating system–a huge, powerful, feature-rich, messy, often ...

Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Phone all the way back in 2017, a move that CEO Satya Nadella came to regret years later. Even though some enthusiasts are trying to keep their aging Windows Phone ...

Microsoft has been one of the biggest tech companies for a very long time, but despite selling hardware like laptops, tablets, and (of course) Xbox consoles, it hasn't found much success in the ...

Die-hard Windows Phone 8.1 fans have been hard at work recently. First, there was an update to the alternative app marketplace, 8Marketplace. Shortly after, a third-party app unofficially brought ...