Everything written here is solely a personal opinion of the rumored Andromeda OS.
Currently phone factor defines the main present mobile device, but not necessarily the near future.
To prepare for the soon-to-be disruptive mobility form factors, in my view, Microsoft has done the following preparations:
-Making Windows modular and adaptable to these future form factors: Internally this is called WCOs or Windows Core OS but externally is known as Andromeda OS
-Making Windows UI adaptable to these form factors: CShell.
-Making WCOs lean and energy efficient: Surface Pro experiment
-Making WCOs extension always connected with Gigabit LTE and e-SIM and perhaps eventually with telephony support: Surface Pro LTE experiment
-Making WCOs run on diverse hardware beyond Intel & AMD: ARM, WinRT and subsequently 32bits W10M on ARM experiments and soon beyond 4 GB Ram through 64bits W10A.
Possible progress reports (in my view) for WCOs at Build 2018:
WCOs IoT: Replace W10 IoT Core
WCOs ARM: Replace W10M with W10A version 2
WCOs MR: Replace W10 version running in current HoloLens with one which is more energy and 3D AI efficient for 2019 consumer HoloLens.
WCOs SDK: .NetCore 3.x, .Net Standard 3.x & Xaml Standard 2.x
WCOs is inevitable to bring cloud platform and AI to both business clients and consumer devices.
WCOs is key to Microsoft Mobility First strategy
Everything written here is solely a personal opinion of the rumored Andromeda OS.
Currently phone factor defines the main present mobile device, but not necessarily the near future.
To prepare for the soon-to-be disruptive mobility form factors, in my view, Microsoft has done the following preparations:
-Making Windows modular and adaptable to these future form factors: Internally this is called WCOs or Windows Core OS but externally is known as Andromeda OS -Making Windows UI adaptable to these form factors: CShell. -Making WCOs lean and energy efficient: Surface Pro experiment -Making WCOs extension always connected with Gigabit LTE and e-SIM and perhaps eventually with telephony support: Surface Pro LTE experiment -Making WCOs run on diverse hardware beyond Intel & AMD: ARM, WinRT and subsequently 32bits W10M on ARM experiments and soon beyond 4 GB Ram through 64bits W10A.
Possible progress reports (in my view) for WCOs at Build 2018:
WCOs IoT: Replace W10 IoT Core WCOs ARM: Replace W10M with W10A version 2 WCOs MR: Replace W10 version running in current HoloLens with one which is more energy and 3D AI efficient for 2019 consumer HoloLens. WCOs SDK: .NetCore 3.x, .Net Standard 3.x & Xaml Standard 2.x
WCOs is inevitable to bring cloud platform and AI to both business clients and consumer devices. WCOs is key to Microsoft Mobility First strategy