Alleged images

News week around Windows Blue, that future update of Microsoft's operating system that we can almost consider a new version and that supposedly it will mean a revolution compared to the Service Pack system used up to now. The thing is about screenshots, development status, possible delays and new features that it introduces. Let's do a quick review.

During the week a screenshot of a supposed Windows 8 with the aforementioned update Or that is what appears from the image Posted by the Russian site Microsoft Portal where you can read 6.3 as the system version number. If we follow the series up to now: Windows Vista was version 6.0, Windows 7 was 6.1 and in your Windows 8 6.2 should appear, so it seems logical to assume that 6.3 refers to Blue. Such numbering would only confirm the level of importance of the update.

That first supposed image of Windows Blue has been accompanied by news reports that the update has reached one of the main stages in its development, with version M1. According to the information published by ZDNet, there would only be one more version left before its final release. Some already dare to put in the trigger the first public preview of the update, pointing out the coming months as a testing period with the aim of having it ready by summer .

But Blue is supposed to extend the updates beyond Windows 8, reaching all other Microsoft products.That was the idea that seemed to gain more momentum in recent times, especially after a job offer that revealed the existence of Windows Phone Blue, which, in principle, should arrive at the same time as the desktop version. But now new information says that the mobile operating system update is behind in its development and may not be available until next year.

To round off the week of rumors surrounding Blue, The Verge collects information that points to an important improvement in searches in Windows 8thanks to the close collaboration of the Bing team in the development of the update. The goal would be to provide greater search capabilities between content and within the 'Modern UI' applications themselves. And as if all this were not enough, we may also have Internet Explorer 11 as a gift in the package.

Via | Ars Technique | Neowin | The Verge