Microsoft plans to end support for its Android subsystem in Windows 11 on March 5, 2025, and consequently, end support for the Amazon Appstore on Windows too
no one will miss it Jason Bouwmeester / Techaeris : RIP Windows Subsystem for Android Don Reisinger / Tom's Guide : Windows 11 will stop supporting Android apps in 2025 - here's why Arif Bacchus / MSP...
Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Office, Windows 365, and Xbox Cloud Gaming to Quest VR headsets in the coming months; Teams will use Meta's avatars
Good morning! Meta took the wraps off its Quest Pro VR headset … Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch : Meta partners with Microsoft to bring Teams, Windows apps and games to Quest devices Shubham Verma / BGR I...
Inside Google Stadia's failure as sources say it missed targets for controller sales and MAUs by hundreds of thousands after spending tens of millions on games
from the gaudy reveal event to its implosion in a year when the gaming industry was doing record business—was ridiculous. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Zach Laidlaw / @ztlaidlaw : “All the buildup had...
Apple rejects HEY appeal, noting email apps must work without paid subscription; Apple suggests offering in-app sub or to reconfigure app as IMAP and POP client
Ever since the story broke … Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider : House antitrust committee ready to subpoena Apple CEO Tim Cook for big tech investigation Kara Swisher / New York Times : Is It Finally Ham...
Microsoft retiring Groove Music apps for iOS and Android on December 1; if installed, apps will stop working; PC, Xbox, and Windows Phone apps will still work
Rich Woods / Neowin :
Microsoft announces a new Your Phone app for Windows 10, Windows Timeline coming to iPhone via Edge, and Microsoft Launcher for Android to get Timeline support
Having given up on Windows 10 Mobile and Windows Phone, Microsoft has turned its attention to how best to embrace Android and iOS.
WhatsApp will drop BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone support on December 31
WhatsApp has detailed its plans for older mobile operating systems, with less than a week before the end of the year. The Facebook-owned app will end support for BlackBerry OS (including BlackBerry 1...
Microsoft confirms that just 13 Windows Phone models will officially support the Windows 10 Creators Update
Microsoft is rolling out a new test builds for Windows 10 to phone Insiders (and to PC users), while acknowledging that only a dozen or so Windows Phone models will get Windows 10 Creators Update.
PayPal to discontinue mobile apps for Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon Fire on June 30
Chris Welch / The Verge :
Microsoft Q3: Surface-related revenue up 61% YoY to $1.1B; Lumia sales fall 73% to 2.3M devices; Windows OEM revenue outperforms rest of PC market but falls 2%
Microsoft's Q3 2016: Surface up and Windows Phone down again — Microsoft has published its Q3 fiscal 2016 earnings report …