Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices

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So you thought there were 800 million Windows 10 Devices that will get Microsoft’s most recent out-of-band emergency patch? Think again. As the company announced on Twitter today, Windows 10 now runs on over 900M devices.

 

 

That’s a bit of bad timing, but current security issues aside, the momentum for Windows 10 clearly remains steady. Last September, Microsoft said Windows 10 was running on 700 million devices and by March of this year, that number had gone up to 800 million. That number includes standard Windows 10 desktops and laptops, as well as the Xbox and niche devices like the Surface Hub and Microsoft’s HoloLens.

 

As Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s Corporate Vice President of its ‘Modern Life, Search and Devices’ group, also noted, the company added more Windows 10 devices in the last twelve months than ever before.

#Windows10 is on more than 900M devices! Thanks to our customers, we added more new Windows 10 devices in the last 12 months than ever before. From PCs to HoloLens to Xbox to Surface Hub, Windows continues to power innovation—with more to come next week! https://t.co/G3CRdkFoPT pic.twitter.com/38fKk50IEH

— Yusuf Mehdi (@yusuf_i_mehdi) September 24, 2019

Come January 2020, Windows 7 is hitting the end of its (supported) life, which is likely pushing at least some users to move over to a more modern (and supported) operating system.

While those numbers for Windows 10 are clearly ticking up, Microsoft itself famously thought that Windows 10 would get to 1 billion devices by the middle of 2018. At this rate, Windows 10 will likely hit 1 billion sometime in 2020.

 

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Hooray!

Forced upgrades reached 900m devices. clap clap

MS not left too much choice for people.

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Microsoft Hits Major Windows 10 Milestone, But There’s No Catching iOS Or Android

 

 

Back in 2015, Microsoft’s Terry Myerson professed that the company had a goal to get Windows 10 onto 1 billion devices in “two to three years”. Unfortunately, Microsoft missed that mark, but according to a Tweet from Yusuf Mehdi, Corporate Vice President, Modern Life, Search & Devices Group, and an update to the company’s “By the Numbers” website today, Windows 10 is now active on over 900 million devices.

 

In addition to breaking the 900 million active device mark, Mehdi also revealed that more devices were added to the Windows 10 ecosystem within the last year, than any previous year. A representative for Microsoft also mentioned that 100 million of those news devices have come on-line since March. At its current rate, Microsoft appears to be adding 14.2 million new Windows 10 devices per month. Keep in mind that includes everything from desktop systems to notebooks, to HoloLens and the Xbox One.

 

Even without any major market shifts, Microsoft will likely hit its 1 billion device goal within the next 6 - 7 months. But my bet is that it will happen even sooner. Over the next few months, we will have an influx of new premium mobile devices based on Intel’s Ice Lake architecture, which include leading-edge Project Athena approved devices. We also have new desktop processors coming from Intel and AMD that will likely spur some upgrades, and Microsoft themselves are holding an event in early October, where it will likely announce a new family of Surface devices. Support for Windows 7 is winding down as well. And all of that is happening as we approach the all-important holiday shopping season.

 

1 billion active devices is nothing to scoff at, but it is a far cry from some other mainstream operating systems. Apple recently revealed that there were over 1.4 billion active iOS devices and Google has claimed more than 2.5 billion active Androids out in the wild. Of course, there are hundreds of millions of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 devices not accounted for in Microsoft total as well, so the total number of active Windows-based devices is much higher. Windows 7 is especially entrenched in corporate environments where roll-outs of new operating systems tends to lag the consumer marker by years.

 

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