14 DAY TRIAL // Evidence of a new Windows 10 version called “Cloud” was recently spotted in build 15019, and now it seems that work on this project advances at a fast pace, so the first screenshots got leaked today.
While we can’t tell for sure if these screenshots are legit or not, WBI says they show an early version of the upcoming Windows 10 Cloud edition that could see daylight later this year, possibly when the Creators Update is pushed to stable users as well.
And yet, it’s better to take them with a certain amount of skepticism, at least until we get more information that Windows 10 Cloud is indeed coming.
If these screenshots are real…
At first glance, there’s not much to see in these screenshots, but if you look closer, they do confirm some of the rumors we’ve heard about recently regarding Windows 10 Cloud.
The first screenshot shows an error message displayed to the user when attempting to launch a Win32 app. For those unfamiliar with this error message, it’s the dialog that shows up on Windows RT whenever users attempt to run unsupported Win32 apps. And this does nothing more than to confirm that Windows 10 Cloud is indeed likely to be based on the same approach as Windows RT and focus exclusively on Store apps, in this case universal apps.
The second screenshot shows universal apps running on Windows 10 Cloud, but there’s also a hidden message here too.
The UWP version of Evernote is actually part of Project Centennial, so it’s a Win32 app ported to the Store with Microsoft’s own bridges. So the goal is clearly for Windows 10 Cloud to take advantage of the UWP push and run exclusively apps published in the Store.
As you can see, these screenshots include a “Windows 10 Pro” watermark, but there are references for Windows 10 Cloud in the registry anyway. In the end, however, taking them with a pinch of salt is just safer, although all signs indeed seem to show they’re legit.
