Windows Phone 8.1 OS Features


Windows Phone 8.1 codename "Blue" is Microsoft's next major update to Windows Phone.

Windows Phone 8.10.12359.845 (Blue)

Release Date : 14 Apr, 2014

Features :
  • Support for Qualcomm Snapdragon 200/400/400 LTE
  • Full support for TD-LTE and SGLTE
  • Quick settings access in action center with four configurable shortcuts to: Airplane mode, bluetooth, brightness, camera, internet sharing, location, project screen, Quiet Hours, rotation lock, VPN, Wi-Fi
  • Support for start screen live tile rows of up to 6 small or 3 medium live tiles
  • 'Cortana' smart personal assistant, based on the Bing service
  • Swipe down to close apps in multitasking view
  • Recently installed apps are annotated with 'NEW' in the app list
  • Support for virtual on-screen buttons called 'Navigation bar' with custom background color selection
  • Gesture keyboard, that is, swipe across letters on keyboard to type
  • Bing smart search 
  • Contact speed dialling
  • Ability to show only Contacts with phone number
  • Favourite photos by tapping a heart icon
  • General keyboard enhancements 
  • In-call speech commands
  • Notification if charger isn't of adequate power
  • Disable notifications (Quiet Hours) during pre-selected time-frame or when 'Busy' in calendar
  • Screenshot button combination is now Power + Volume Up
  • Search button will be the new way to open Speech (aka ‘Cortana’)
  • Separate volume controls for ringtones/notifications and music/media
  • Set default Voice Navigation app for the OS
  • Voice Narrator for Accessibility
  • Sharing secured Wi-Fi Networks with contacts if they have Wi-Fi Sense
  • Wi-Fi can auto re-enable after a set duration of time
  • Status bar with Signal strength, Wi-Fi, Battery etc. is always visible
  • VPN (Virtual Private Network), auto-triggered VPN
  • Wi-Fi Direct, allowing direct peer-to-peer connections over Wi-Fi without an access point
  • Enterprise Wi-Fi support with EAP-TLS
  • Internet Explorer 11 includes WebGL, Normal mapping, File uploads, File downloads to local storage, Password manager and Forward and back by swiping right and left
  • Chkdsk for SD cards to ensure card health
  • Virtual SmartCard support
  • Wallet supports tickets, membership cards, and Passbook
  • Ability for operators to install certain applications once SIM card is detected
  • Ability for operators to control Data Sense limits remotely
  • Access to corporate resources behind the firewall with app aware
  • Certificate management to enroll, update and revoke certificates for user authentication
  • Enhanced MDM policies to lock down functionality on the phone for more enterprise control, in addition to richer application management such as allowing or denying the installing of certain apps.
  • Background tasks such as Bluetooth signal strength, Chat message notification, Device connection change, Device use trigger, Gatt characteristic notification, Location, Push notification, Rfcomm connection, System event, Timer
  • Geofencing API for location-based reminders
  • Native HTML5/JavaScript app development support
  • Audio/video transcoding (same API as in WinRT), hardware accelerated
  • Apps can capture audio/video from themselves
  • Stereoscopic 3D support
  • New developer tools including SemanticZoom, DatePicker, TimePicker
  • Ability to install apps, save photos, app and game data on inserted SD Cards 
  • Auto-updates for apps (like Windows 8.1), including when only on Wi-Fi
  • Battery power sense, monitors app battery usage
  • Battery Saver (under Battery Sense) will have an app exclusion list
  • Podcast app powered by Bing, full featured
  • Facebook and OneDrive photos integration in photos app removed
  • Office apps support password protected documents
  • Office Lens support for scanning documents with camera, import into Office with OCR
  • Xbox Game Hub redesigned


Windows Phone 8.10.12382.878

Release Date : 14 May, 2014

Features :
  • Intermediate update
  • Features "several quality improvements"


Windows Phone 8.10.12393.890

Release Date : 2 June, 2014

Features :
  • Change in Boot Logo
  • Some minor bug fixes
  • Battery improvement


Windows Phone 8.10.12397.895

Release Date : 12 June, 2014

Features :
  • Improvements to APIs
  • Enables new devices


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