This figure was unofficial. It was officially announced earlier this week by Microsoft, which claims to have crossed the billion billion Windows 10 active devices worldwide.
” Windows 10 Reaches One Billion Users In 200 Countries Now Addressing One In Seven People On The Planet “writes Microsoft six months after announcing 900 million active Windows 10 devices.
This billion includes PCs, laptops, Surface devices, Xbox One consoles and HoloLens headsets that run Microsoft’s operating system.
The billion active devices was initially a target in the three years after the launch of Windows 10 in 2015. The failure of Windows 10 Mobile thwarted this overly ambitious goal that had been abandoned in the short term.
” Windows 10 is now the only operating system with more than 80,000 models and configurations of different laptops and 2-in-1s from more than 1,000 different manufacturers “, underlines Microsoft.
It is likely that Windows 7 end of support helped reach the billion active Windows 10 devices a little faster.
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