Windows 10 Now Runs on More Than 1.3 Billion Monthly Active Devices

When Microsoft initially released Windows 10 back in 2015, the company stated that it expects i billion devices to run the new Windows Bone past the summer of 2018. However, the Redmond giant achieved this goal a bit later on in March 2020 when the company reported that Windows 10 powers i billion devices around the globe. Today, Microsoft announced that the number has grown to 1.3 billion devices.

300 1000000 New Windows x Users in a Twelvemonth

During its Q1 2021 earnings call, Microsoft revealed that Windows 10 now powers over ane.iii billion monthly active devices around the world. The company gained over 300 1000000 new Windows ten users, since crossing the 1 billion mark in 2020.

Now, 1 of the principal reasons for the growth of Windows x users is the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because, always since the inception of the pandemic in early on 2020, the global population bought more than Windows PCs than e'er to aid their work-from-home experiences.

The Master Fiscal Officer at Microsoft Amy Hood said that the need for Windows 10 PCs has been pretty strong despite the global bit shortage as consumers are now looking for larger-screen devices to work remotely from their homes. This, as per company official, helped Microsoft earn $41.7 billion in revenues during the Q3 of 2020.

Furthermore, Microsoft officials state that Windows OEM revenue was up by ten% for the said quarter. This was due to the increased need for consumer PCs. Windows OEM Pro revenue, on the other mitt, was down past two% during the quarter. However, the revenue from Windows OEM Pro was huge during the same quarter of 2019 because of the finish-of-back up for Windows 7. Then, a mere 2% dip is non a thing of business organization for the visitor.

Then, as y'all can imagine, these are some pretty decent numbers for Microsoft in terms of revenues every bit well equally Os adoption charge per unit. Moreover, as per earlier reports, the Redmond giant is planning to completely overhaul Windows 10 this year and might too finally release its much-awaited Windows 10X OS for consumers.