BUILD 2015: Mobile phones with Windows 10 will also have a desktop

After our live coverage via Twitter, we began to tell you more in detail about each of the news presented by Microsoft on the day today on the first day of BUILD 2015 And one of the most important has been the announcement that future telephones with Windows 10 will be able to connect to a monitor, keyboard, and mouse, thus allowing you to work with Universal Apps in a desktop environment, just like you would. a PC will be involved.

This feature will be called Continuum for phones , directly paralleling the current Continuum feature that is available on Windows 10 convertibles for PCs.The new platform of universal applications will make this possible, since almost the same code is used in the PC and mobile versions, the apps installed on the mobile will have everything what you need to scaling your interface to a desktop environment.

Mouse and keyboard support will come hand in hand with Bluetooth connectivity of the equipment. Let's remember that Windows Phone 8.1 Update 2 already offers support for wireless keyboards, and that according to what was revealed at WinHEC 2015, Windows 10 will also add support for mice on mobile phones .

In fact, at that event it was revealed that Windows 10 phones could also be connected to these devices through a dock with several USB ports, so there we will have another way to turn the mobile into a station desk job.

For its part, the connection to an external screen will be made by means of a cable that will connect the microUSB port of the mobile with the HDMI port on the corresponding monitor.

Continuum will only be available in the new Windows 10 flagships that Microsoft will launch in July

That's right, let's not expect Continuum for phones to be available on a Lumia 520 or a Lumia 435 In fact, this feature won't be compatible with any existing Windows Phone now on the market, as it will require new Qualcomm processors with dual-screen support.

The good news is that Microsoft confirms that they will soon launch high-end smartphones that will include these processors, and therefore will have support for Continuum. It seems that in the end the wait for a new flagship will have been worth it,