Microsoft working on more tweaks for the new mobile OS

Feb 13, 2015 06:49 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft launched the new Windows 10 for phones preview for a number of devices yesterday, and it's no surprise that thousands of users have rushed to download the testing bits and see what's new in this operating system.

Surprisingly, one of the features that are missing on Windows 10 for phones and that exist in the current Windows Phone 8.1 builds is the transparency effect for live tiles, which allow users to see the wallpaper on the Start screen.

There were some people who said that in Windows 10 for phones Microsoft might be adding an option to even control the transparency of the live tiles, but it turns out that, after all, the company decided to stick to a visual design that barely lets you see through the live tiles.

And yet, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore says that transparency for live tiles is one of the options that the company is working on right now and a future update for the operating system could come in a future build.

Belfiore hasn't provided any release dates for this update, but the company is already working at full speed to improve Windows 10 for phones preview, especially because it has already promised to make the release available to more Lumia models, including the flagships.

New full-size background image for Start

One of the tweaks that Microsoft implemented into this first build of Windows 10 for phones preview is the possibility of using a full-size background image for the Start screen, but an option to expand it to the app list is still missing right now.

We've heard that an option to set a wallpaper for the app list is in the works as well, but again, there are no details as to when this could be shipped to users.

“We believe phones should be intensely personal – so we’ve added another option to customize the start screen with a full-size background image,” Microsoft said.

Overall, Windows 10 for phones preview might not look very different as compared to Windows Phone 8.1, but keep in mind that this is “the earlier preview we have ever made,” as Microsoft pointed out, so lots of things could change until the final version is compiled.