Windows 10 has 500m active devices: Microsoft

Windows had reached 500 million Windows 10 monthly active devices, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in its annual developer conference—Build 2017—held in Seattle, USA. At the conference, Microsoft also shared the first details of the next major update to Windows, the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

The update will be available later this year, which will deliver new experiences for more than 500 million Windows 10 devices, the company said in a statement yesterday.

The update will have a new design system and creative experiences that will move with users across Windows, iOS and Android.

New apps like iTunes will come to the Windows Store, new tools will make Windows home for all developers and there will be the world's first Windows Mixed Reality motion controllers.

It was also noted at the conference how Windows, Microsoft Office and Microsoft Azure together offer developers more than a billion opportunities to connect their innovations with Microsoft customers, according to the statement. Microsoft also announced that the new Azure data and cloud services will help developers quickly modernise their existing apps.

“In a world of near infinite compute power and an exponential growth in data, we are focused on empowering every developer to build applications for this new era of intelligent cloud and intelligent edge,” Nadella said.

Microsoft also showcased how it is meeting developers where they are and how it is helping them be more successful, with new Microsoft Azure and Visual Studio services, the company said.

At the conference, the company also announced its plans to better connect developers with Office 365 customers around the globe. Currently, Microsoft's Office 365 has more than 100 million active users worldwide.

First held in 2011, Microsoft Build is an annual conference organised by Microsoft, aimed towards software engineers and web developers using Windows, Windows Phone, Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft technologies.