According to Windows Latest

From Windows 10X, the version of the Microsoft operating system designed for dual-screen devices, we have been hearing news in recent months but still without an official confirmation that informs about a release date. In fact, everything seems to indicate that we will see a version developed for devices with a single screen.

Now and nearing the end of 2020, there are new indications regarding Windows 10X that indicate that the new operating system could begin to see their first builds at the end of the year, developments that however would not offer compatibility with Win32 applications.

Windows 10X before the end of 2020

According to reports in WindowsLatest, Microsoft is finalizing the development of Windows 10X so that the first compilations can arrive in December. However, despite the haste, they would not offer compatibility and support for using Win32 applications in VAIL containers.

In this way, Windows 10X would allow users to use only PWA type applications (Progressive Web Applications) and UWP (Universal Windows Apps), and having to use virtualization via remote desktop to use Win32 apps.

Apparently, to lessen the impact of this limitation, Microsoft would make PWA versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Teams come pre-installed , Skype… something that we have recently seen has happened with Edge, when installing applications without the user's permission.

At the time and to solve the problem with Win32 applications in Windows 10X we saw how Microsoft could opt for a system similar to Sandbox to facilitate the use of this type of developments. A solution that seems to have been either abandoned or has not yet had time to be implemented.

We must remember that, as we already saw in the past, dual screen devices are not expected to arrive before 2021 and from Windows Latest are targeting Spring 2021, with an intervening time devoted to debugging potential bugs before seeing a general release.