14 DAY TRIAL // Everybody knows what happened to Windows 10 Mobile and the Lumia lineup of phones, and while Microsoft has given up on its ambitions of creating an Android and iOS alternative, it doesn’t necessarily mean users have lost hope a new phone OS could see the daylight.
And the plethora of user concepts out there is just living proof in this regard, with a recently-created Windows 11 Mobile project coming to confirm that a third mobile operating system could still have a lot of fans.
Shared on reddit by BrunoAlvesIV, the concept envisions a modern version of Windows Mobile that is heavily inspired by Windows 11.
Needless to say, this isn’t necessarily a new idea, as Microsoft itself is trying to bring Windows 11 and the mobile experience closer together. Android 12L, which recently made its way to the Surface Duo, embraces this approach, as it uses design ideas borrowed from the desktop operating system.
“Building a strong connection to Windows starts with aligning visual language for core system components across Windows and Android. With unified iconography, colors and UI controls, the Surface Duo feels familiar, an integral part of the wider Windows ecosystem. The visual alignment culminates in Surface Duo’s ‘Quick Settings’ and ‘System Settings,’ which pave the way for further functional alignment and raise expectations for increased cross-device operability,” Microsoft said when it announced the Android 12L update for the Surface Duo.
And while this concept should indeed make its way to users as an Android skin, there’s a big Windows Phone feature that’s missing: live tiles. As an essential feature of Microsoft’s mobile operating system, live tiles eventually became something that everybody loved on the platform – Microsoft included, as the company decided to bring the live tiles to the desktop with the release of Windows 10.