14 DAY TRIAL // Now that Windows 10 Mobile is just around the corner, more and more developers are looking at the platform to update their apps and add compatibility to make sure all Lumia devices getting the upgrade will be able to use them flawlessly.
Not the same can be said about VideoLAN, the famous creator of VLC, the multimedia player that's almost on every single Windows PC out there. And starting 2015, on Windows Phone devices too.
VideoLAN developer Thomas Nigro has explained on Twitter that work on a Windows 10 and Windows 10 Mobile version of VLC hasn't started yet because the team thinks that many existing Windows Phone users won't actually get the upgrade to the new operating system.
Full focus on the Windows Phone version
So for the moment, the company is trying to finalize work on the existing Windows Phone version and only then focus on the Windows 10 Mobile release. In the meantime, Microsoft is also expected to publicly announce the new mobile OS and the devices supporting it, and this should help the team go forward with the development of VLC.
"We're working on a Windows 8.1 release and preparing the Windows 10 port, it takes time for many reasons. We'll give news. But currently, honestly, we're still focusing on Windows 8.1 instead of Windows 10 because we think many WP8.1 won't receive W10M. We'll start working fully W10/W10M when we think we have a good last release to send to the WP8.1 that will not see W10M,” Thomas Nigro explained in a series of tweets.
Windows 10 Mobile is expected to officially roll out to Lumia devices in the coming weeks, but some phone models in select countries have already started receiving the new operating system. Microsoft is, however, likely to make an official announcement by the end of the month.