This is a list of features that are being changed or added in W10M.
The list is extended as members notice new features. If you notice mistakes or if you've discovered a new feature that isn't yet mentioned, don't hesitate to bring it to our attention. This first posts aggregates all the feedback provided up to post #201.
Start Screen and Personalization
OS
Keyboard and text input
New universal apps that run on both W10M and W10
Changes to existing apps
Speculative
The list is extended as members notice new features. If you notice mistakes or if you've discovered a new feature that isn't yet mentioned, don't hesitate to bring it to our attention. This first posts aggregates all the feedback provided up to post #201.
Start Screen and Personalization
- full screen background image with horizontal parallax affect
- new slider to set the level of tile transparency
- more accent color options
OS
- more quick toggle buttons in action center
- press and hold a toggle to go to that feature's settings (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc)
- settings are now organized into folders
- display brightness slider rather than the previous low, mid and high settings.
- notifications are actionable
- notifications are synched across all devices linked to the same MS account (e.g. your W10 desktop will tell you that you missed a call on your W10M phone)
- device encryption option under Settings > System
- phone reminds users of their next calendar item during shutdown
- taping and holding the windows button drops the UI down for better one-handed reachability
- Texting from your PC through your phone on the same Microsoft Account.
- Missed call notification to your PC (from Cortana on the phone straight to your desktop.)
- Storing offline map data on the SD card is now officially supported by the OS!
Keyboard and text input
- Continuous dictation works anywhere you can type (also known as speech-to-text). It understands punctuation instructions and understands enough context to correctly differentiate between too, 2 and to.
- detach keyboard (large screen phones only?)
- MS' Word Flow (like Swype) now provides word suggestions while swiping, i.e. before the word is completed
- fine cursor button / pointing stick on keyboard
New universal apps that run on both W10M and W10
- new Groove app (Music & Video player with MKV and FLAC support, MS Music Subscription client, better OneDrive integration for cloud streaming, gapless playback and much more)
- new Calculator app with standard, scientific and programmer and unit conversion modes
- new Outlook app (Combined e-mail and calendar app, based on previous work by Accompli which MS purchased in 2015)
- new Photos app with tight OneDrive integration and which provides detailed info for each image by swiping from the bottom up
- new Mobile Office apps (Word, Power Point, Excel, OneNote)
- new Alarms & Clock app which includes a timer, stopwatch, and world clock
- new internet browser app (Microsoft Edge) with HLS (HTTP Live Streaming).
- new full-featured File Explorer
- new Xbox app
- new Cortana with extensive search options (simultaneous searches across the internet and all documents and media files on your device).
- new Store app with very different layout
- new Dialer app with smart dialing feature (shows matching contacts when entering a number)
Changes to existing apps
- Lumia Camera app is now the default
- Skype is (once again) integrated into the messaging app.
Speculative
- hints that inking support is coming.
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