Windows devices already reach 1.3 billion: Microsoft announces strong growth during the pandemic

Microsoft has set a new record for the number of Windows users. In a year marked by the pandemic, the Redmond-based firm has managed to gain 300 million users, bringing the base of computers that have the operating system of windows reaches 1.3 billion.

It should be remembered that in March 2020, almost a year ago, Microsoft announced that it had reached 1 billion active users, and now, in just one year, that number has increased by almost a third of the total, which serves to keep Microsoft showing off its muscle.

Growth during the pandemic

After this strong increase, it seems that it is clear that there is a pandemic, a period of time in which many people, be it for telecommuting or for leisure, they have been encouraged to buy new equipment or replace the ones they already had at home. It seems that the PC market has not been affected by the shortage of chips.

You have to remember that in March 2019, Microsoft reached 800 million users, a figure that a year later reached the expected 1,000 million. It took a year to gain 200 million users, number they have pulverized in the last year

In turn, Windows Original Equipment Manufacturers revenue grew 10% during the quarter, thanks in large part to to increased consumption.And for this quarter Windows OEM revenue is up 44% over the prior quarter.

This study includes includes all types of devices that have a version of Windows, whatever the type, in such a way that we can talk about desktop computers, laptops, tablets, Windows phones, game consoles, Surface Hub conference systems, HoloLens augmented reality glasses or Internet of Things (IoT) Devices.

In the announcement of earnings for the third quarter of the fiscal year, April 21-27, Microsoft announced that had reached $41.7 billion in quarterly revenue Of these revenues, $1.5 billion came from the Surface range in the quarter, up 12% from the prior-year quarter.

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