Windows 10 is currently installed on over 900 million active devices.
Microsoft announced it on Tuesday.
According to the recent increase in the number of Windows 10 devices, a billion Windows 10 devices are expected to reach the first half of next year.
According to available information, Microsoft’s metric counts Windows 10 devices that have been active in the last 28 days. Microsoft counts not only PCs but also tablets and smartphones, Xbox gaming consoles and even HoloLens and Surface Hub glasses.
Microsoft exceeded 800 million in the first half of March, 700 million at the end of September, 600 million in November 2017. The company reported reaching the 500 million round in May 2017, 400 million in September 2016, 300 million in May 2016 and 200 million in January 2016. The company did not inform the company of reaching the round 100 million, 110 million facilities were to be reached but in October 2015.
Windows 10 was launched in July 2015. The company originally declared its intention to get Windows 10 per billion devices no later than three years after the release, ie by the summer of 2018.
Already in 2016, Microsoft admitted that they will not succeed in this term. The change in ambition seems to be related to the big failure of the Windows platform on smartphones. In addition, many businesses and many users have problems with some aspects of Windows 10, including telemetry, quality of updates, and loss of user control over some aspects of operating system behavior.
