Here are the major enhancements coming to Windows 10 Mobile with Redstone 2

Although the Anniversary Update meant noticeable improvements for the Redmond operating system, the truth is that many of us were already looking forward to the call Redstone 2which, according to the information known so far, would be focused on mobile devices.

A revamped one about which some images had already been leaked but that Microsoft has finally shown in the framework of the Ignite 2016 event, held these days in Atlanta, United States; and that it will be available at the beginning of next year. But let's see what's new

Some of the news

Specifically, it has done so within the framework of a conference en titled "Discover what is coming to Windows 10 Mobile on phones and small tablets." An event in which he has shown some of the novelties that would arrive with Redstone 2 and about whichwe sketch some brushstrokesnext.

First of all, it is worth highlighting the improvements that Continuum will experience, somewhat limited on mobile phones at present but which, as of the update, will will allow you to have the phone's screen off (now only possible with the HP Elite x3). Something that will allow us to save battery.

In addition, we can have several open simultaneously, as well as pin applications to the taskbar. It will also be able to automatically connect to an external display, most likely via Bluetooth Pairing, though the carrier hasn't specified.

Also, and finally, users will be able to accumulate updates on a USB memory stick to install them whenever they want. An option focused on the business sector that Redmond will provide with the aim of making it faster and easier for administrators to install new update packages on our devices. In any case, this feature will first be available for the Enterprise version.

These subjects (administrators) will also have at their disposal new security and management options that will give them the possibility, among other things, to reset a pin code remotely and to exercise a tighter control over WiFi Direct. And what do you think of these news? Which ones would you add?

Via | Neowin and Winbeta