14 DAY TRIAL // Just like in Windows 8, the number and quality of the apps published in the store will be critical for the success of Windows 10 and Microsoft is doing its best to make sure that it doesn’t make the same mistake twice.
Windows 8 certainly failed to impress and the lack of apps was one of the main factors, but for the new operating system coming July 29, Redmond is trying to make sure that developers have all the tools they need to create high-quality apps available across a wide variety of devices.
The company today announced that Windows 10 SDK updates would be released together with a new PC build rolled out as part of the fast ring of the Windows Insider program, so they should arrive at a much faster pace in the next few weeks.
New Windows 10 Mobile emulator updates
At the same time, new versions of the Windows 10 Mobile emulator will be released too in order to help developers try out their apps on the latest smartphone version of its operating system.
“Each preview SDK release installs side by side of the official Windows 10 tooling for Visual Studio 2015. This allows you to install each preview release of the SDK and emulator with previously-installed SDKs and emulators on the Windows 10 SDK; allowing you to manage which OS version (released or preview) you want to develop and test your app against,” Microsoft explains.
“If you want to try out the newest features and have the latest bug fixes delivered in a Windows Insider Preview release, this is for you – each release is a snapshot of work in progress, so expect functionality or APIs to be impacted and that final functionality may vary.”
The next Windows 10 PC build, and the next batch of updates for the Windows 10 SDK, is likely to roll out this week, but Microsoft is yet to provide any release information until now.