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rvices from microsoft and nokia and with a user interface highly modified to resemble windows phone 39 versions edit main article windows phone version history nt version marketing name announcement date release date eol date support lifespan 6 1 windows phone 7 february 15 2010 november 8 2010 january 8 2013 windows phone 7 5 february 22 2011 september 27 2011 october 14 2014 windows phone 7 8 june 20 2012 february 1 2013 6 2 windows phone 8 june 20 2012 october 29 2012 a january 12 2016 6 3 windows phone 8 1 april 14 2014 b august 4 2014 july 11 2017 10 0 windows 10 mobile november 20 2015 march 17 2016 january 14 2020 c windows phone 7 edit windows phone 7 5 logo main article windows phone 7 windows phone 7 was announced at mobile world congress in barcelona catalonia spain on february 15 2010 and released publicly on november 8 2010 in the united states in 2011 microsoft released windows phone 7 5 mango the update included a mobile version of internet explorer 9 that supports the same web standards and graphical capability as the desktop version multi tasking of third party apps 40 41 twitter integration for the people hub 42 43 44 and windows live skydrive access 45 a minor update released in 2012 known as tango along with other bug fixes lowered the hardware requirements to allow for devices with 800 mhz cpus and 256 mb of ram to run windows phone 46 windows phone 7 devices can not be upgraded to windows phone 8 due to hardware limitations windows phone 7 8 was released as a stopgap update in 2013 to include some of the user interface features from windows phone 8 47 windows phone 8 edit windows phone 8 logo main article windows phone 8 on october 29 2012 microsoft released windows phone 8 a new generation of the operating system windows phone 8 replaced its previously windows ce based architecture with one based on the windows nt kernel with many components shared with windows 8 windows phone 8 1 edit windows phone 8 1 logo main article windows phone 8 1 windows phone 8 1 was announced on april 2 2014 after being released in preview form to developers on april 10 2014 48 49 50 new features added include a notification center support for the internet explorer 11 web browser with tab syncing among windows 8 1 devices separate volume controls and the option to skin and add a third column of live tiles to the start screen starting with this release microsoft dropped the requirement that all windows phone oems include a camera button and physical buttons for back start and search windows phone 8 1 introduced cortana a voice assistant similar to siri and google now cortana replaced the previous bing search feature and was released as a beta in the united states in the first half of 2014 before expanding to other countries in early 2015 51 windows 10 mobile edit windows 10 logo main article windows 10 mobile windows 10 mobile was announced on january 21 2015 as a mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets running on arm architecture its primary focus is unification with windows 10 its pc counterpart in software and services in accordance with this strategy the windows phone name has been phased out in favor of branding the platform as an edition of windows 10 52 53 54 55 although it is still a continuation of windows phone and most windows phone 8 1 devices can be upgraded to the platform 56 57 58 windows 10 mobile emphasized software using the universal windows platform uwp which allowed apps to be designed for use across multiple windows 10 based product families with nearly identical code functionality and adaptations for available input methods 59 60 61 when connected to an external display devices could also render a stripped down desktop interface similar to windows on pcs with support for keyboard and mouse input 62 63 windows 10 mobile featured skype message integration updated office mobile apps notification syncing with other windows 10 devices support for the microsoft edge web browser and other user interface improvements 53 64 65 microsoft developed a middleware known as windows bridge to allow ios objective c and android c or java software to be ported to run on windows 10 mobile with limited changes to code 66 67 68 with the diminishing interest and application development for the platform microsoft discontinued active development of windows 10 mobile in 2017 19 and the platform was declared end of life on january 14 2020 69 70 features edit user interface edit windows phone features a user interface based on microsoft s metro design language 71 and was inspired by the user interface in the zune hd 72 the home screen called the start screen is made up of live tiles which have been the inspiration for the windows 8 live tiles tiles are links to applications features functions and individual items such as contacts web pages applications or media items users can add rearrange or remove tiles 73 tiles are dynamic and update in real time for example the tile for an email account would display the number of unread messages or a tile could display a live update of the weather 74 since windows phone 8 live tiles can also be resized to either a small medium or large appearance several features of windows phone are organized into hubs which combine local and online content via windows phone s integration with popular social networks such as facebook windows live and twitter 74 for example the pictures hub shows photos captured with the device s camera and the user s facebook photo albums and the people hub shows contacts aggregated from multiple sources including windows live facebook and gmail from the hub users can directly comment and like on social network updates the other built in hubs are xbox music and video xbox live games windows phone store and microsoft office 74 windows phone uses multi touch technology 74 the default windows phone user interface has a dark theme that prolongs battery life on oled screens as fully black pixels do not emit light alternatively users may choose a light theme in their phone s settings menu 75 the user may also choose from several accent colors 76 user interface elements such as links buttons and tiles are shown in the user s chosen accent color third party applications can be automatically themed with these colors 77 windows phone 8 1 introduces transparent tiles and a customizable background image for the start screen the image is visible through the transparent area of the tiles and features a parallax effect when scrolling which gives an illusion of depth if the user does not pick a background image the tiles render with the accent color of the theme text input edit users input text by using an on screen virtual keyboard which has a dedicated key for inserting emoticons 78 and features spell checking 78 and word prediction 79 app developers both inhouse and isv may specify different versions of the virtual keyboard in order to limit users to certain character sets such as numeric characters alone users may change a word after it has been typed by tapping the word 80 which will invoke a list of similar words pressing and holding certain keys will reveal similar characters the keys are somewhat larger and spaced farther apart when in landscape mode phones may also be made with a hardware keyboard for text input 81 users can also add accents to letters by holding on an individual letter windows phone 8 1 introduces a new method of typing by swiping through the keyboard without lifting the finger in a manner similar to swype and swiftkey web browser edit see also internet explorer mobile internet explorer on windows phone allows the user to maintain a list of favorite web pages and tiles linking to web pages on the start screen the browser supports up to 6 tabs which can all load in parallel 82 other features include multi touch gestures smooth zoom in out animations the ability to save pictures that are on web pages share web pages via email and support for inline search which allows the user to search for a word or phrase in a web page by typing it 83 tabs are synced with windows 8 1 devices using internet explorer 11 contacts edit contacts are organized via the people hub and can be manually entered into contacts or imported from facebook windows live contacts twitter linkedin google and outlook a what s new section shows a user s facebook news feed and a pictures section show pictures from those social networks while a me section within the people hub shows a user s own social network status and wall and allows them to view social network updates contacts can also be pinned to the start screen the contact s live tile displays their social network status and profile picture on the homescreen clicking on a contact s tile or accessing their card within the people hub will reveal their recent social network activity as well as the rest of their contact information if a contact has information stored on multiple networks users can link the two separate contact accounts allowing the information to be viewed and accessed from a single card 84 as of windows phone 7 5 contacts can also be sorted into groups here information from each of the contacts is combined into a single page which can be accessed directly from the hub or pinned to the start screen email edit main article mail windows windows phone supports outlook com exchange yahoo mail and gmail natively and supports many other services via the pop and imap protocols updates added support for more services such as icloud and ibm notes traveler contacts and calendars may be synced from these services as well users can also search through their email by searching in the subject body senders and receivers emails are shown with threads and multiple email inboxes can be combined into a single view a feature commonly referred to as combined inbox or can viewed separately multimedia edit the music video hub on windows phone see also xbox music and xbox video xbox music and xbox video are built in multimedia hubs providing entertainment and synchronization capabilities between pc windows phone and other microsoft products 85 the two hubs were previously combined until standalone apps were released in late 2013 shortly before windows phone 8 1 debuted 86 the hubs allow users to access music videos and podcasts stored on the device and links directly to the xbox music store to buy or rent music and the xbox video store to purchase movies and tv episodes xbox music also allows the user to stream music with an xbox music pass when browsing the music by a particular artist users are able to view artist biographies and photos 78 the xbox music hub also integrates with many other apps that provide video and music services including but not limited to iheartradio youtube and vevo this hub also includes smart dj which compiles a playlist of songs stored on the phone similar to the song or artist selected the pictures hub displays the user s facebook and onedrive photo albums as well as photos taken with the phone s built in camera users can also upload photos to social networks comment on photos uploaded by other people and tag photos posted to social networks 78 multi touch gestures permit zooming in and out of photos an official file manager app called files which is available for download from the windows phone store enables users to move and rearrange documents videos music and other files within their device s hard drive or to an external sd card 87 media support edit windows phone supports wav mp3 wma amr aac mp4 m4a m4b and 3gp 3g2 standards the video file formats supported on wp include wmv avi mp4 m4v 3gp 3g2 and mov quicktime standards 88 these supported audio and video formats would be dependent on the codecs contained inside them it has also been previously reported that the divx and xvid codecs within the avi file format are also playable on wp devices 89 90 note that windows phone does not support drm protected media files that are obtained from services other than xbox music pass 91 the image file formats that are supported include jpg jpeg png gif tif and bitmap bmp 92 93 users can also add custom ringtones which are less than 1mb in size and less than 40 seconds long dlna streaming and stereoscopic 3d are also supported 86 games edit main article list of xbox live games on windows phone see also xbox live the games hub provides access to games on a phone along with xbox live functionality including the ability for a user to interact with their avatar view and edit their profile see their achievements and view leaderboards and send messages to friends on xbox live the hub also features an area for managing invitations and turn notifications in turn based multiplayer games 94 games are downloaded from windows phone store search edit see also bing search engine bing mobile and bing maps bing is the default search engine on windows phone handsets because its functions are deeply integrated in the os which also include the utilization of its map service for location based searches and queries however microsoft has stated that other search engine applications can be used 95 96 in the area of location based searches bing maps which is powered by nokia s location services provides turn by turn navigation service to windows phone users and local scout shows interest points such as attractions and restaurants in the nearby area on nokia devices nokia s here maps is preinstalled in place of bing maps furthermore bing audio allows the user to match a song with its name and bing vision allows the user to scan barcodes qr codes and other types of tags cortana edit main article microsoft cortana every windows phone has either a dedicated physical search button or an on screen search button which was previously reserved for a bing search app but has been replaced on windows phone 8 1 devices and later in the united kingdom and united states by cortana a digital personal assistant which can also double as an app for basic searches cortana allows users to do tasks such as set calendar reminders and alarms and recognizes a user s natural voice and can be used to answer questions like current weather conditions sports scores and biographies the app also keeps a notebook to learn a user s behavior over time and tailor reminders for them users can edit the notebook to keep information from cortana or reveal more about themselves office suite edit see also microsoft office mobile all windows phones come preinstalled with microsoft office mobile which provides interoperability between windows phone and the desktop version of microsoft office word mobile excel mobile powerpoint mobile and sharepoint workspace mobile apps are accessible through a single office hub and allow most microsoft office file formats to be viewed and edited directly on a windows phone device the office hub can access files from onedrive and office 365 as well as files which are stored locally on the device s hard drive although 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