After
Microsoft announced on their blog post that Windows 10 will release
this summer, the company also added that it is working with Chinese
handset maker Xiaomi to offer some customers a test version of Windows
10 on their smartphones.
Microsoft
wrote said that, it will help a select group of Xiaomi Mi4 users
‘flash’ their phones with the new Windows 10 OS on their handsets and
let them contribute to its future release later this year. These users
will then use Windows 10 on their Mi4 devices and provide valuable
feedback. Xiaomi stresses that this is not a partnership but an
initiative. This move portrays Microsoft’s new platform through a unique
approach, points out TechCrunch.
As
the company uses the word ‘flash’ here, it indicates that Microsoft
will offer a ROM, similar to custom ROMs like CyanogenMod, to install
their OS on the Android smartphone. Microsoft will deliver Windows 10
ROM for Mi 4 users with a software that helps convert an Android phone
into a Windows 10 phone, complete with access to all Microsoft services,
added the report.
But the bigger news is that Microsoft will soon be rolling out this feature out to other devices as well.
With
this move, Microsoft could attract many Android users to Windows 10,
without having the need to to purchase another phone. Microsoft also
added in their blog that China is an ideal market for testing such an
initiative, given the region’s relative lack of lock-in to Google
services and a general affinity towards custom ROMs.
The availability for Windows 10 on Xiaomi Mi 4 will be announced in a few months.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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