Microsoft launches Windows 10

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 29

Microsoft Corporation today started rolling out its new operating system Windows 10 around the world, including India, with a host of new features through which the longtime market leader in PC software will attempt to lure back consumers who gave up on Windows for mobile devices.

Holding a mega function here, with India being a critical market, as part of celebrations in 13 countries, Microsoft said Windows 10 will become available today as a free upgrade 1 or with new PCs and tablets. The upgrade to its customers would be available for a year from today as part of the celebrations, the company said.

Armed with new innovative features like Cortana, an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge, the long-awaited Windows 10 would be available to computers and tablets in 190 nations.

The company said the most secure Windows ever, Windows 10 is delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with innovations and security updates.

Windows 10 offers one experience that will become available on the broadest range of devices, including PCs, tablets, phones, Raspberry Pi, Xbox One, HoloLens and more — with more than 2,000 devices or configurations already in testing.

The new Windows Store and Windows Software Development Kit also became available from today, opening the door to new and innovative app experiences on Windows 10.

Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman, Microsoft India, said, “Windows 10 is the best Windows ever. It is more personal and more productive. It’s safer and more secure.”