Windows Phone Weekly Digest: August 16, 2022

There's a lot going on in the world of Windows Phone. So much, in fact, that it is sometimes tough to take hold of every of import story.

Device rumors come up and go. New apps join the Windows Telephone Store, and your favorite app tin go a large update with a new look or new features.

Therefore, every week we volition compile a list of the Windows Phone news that you just shouldn't miss. Welcome to the "Windows Telephone Weekly Digest."

Windows Phone

Finally, after taking a backseat to Windows 10 for weeks, Windows 10 Mobile Preview got a big bump. Speculation that the new build number would jump to 10512 ultimately turned out to exist correct.

A few leaked screenshots later, Windows ten Mobile Preview build 10512 went live for Fast ring Windows Insiders.

Windows Fundamental delved into the new build to find out what'south new, improved and fixed. It turns out that Windows 10 Mobile Preview build 10512 has over 2,000 fixes, including the ability to run videos in Microsoft's Movies & Boob tube app.

Despite the plethora of improvements, build 10512 is non without its bug. However, co-ordinate to Windows Primal Editor-in-chief, Daniel Rubino, it is a solid build that brings united states of america one footstep closer to a polished final version.

In phone news, handset maker Kazam said that they volition not exist updating their current Windows Phones to Windows x Mobile.

And just ten months after its launch, sources say that the so-called "affordable flagship, the Lumia 830, is reaching the cease of its product life 10 months later on launch.

Meanwhile, BLU not only debuted their affordable Win Hd LTE and Win Jr LTE to India, but also brought them to Europe via Amazon.

Other notable items:

Quick look: Microsoft Flip Shell for Lumia 640 Forty
Yes, yous should do a master reset for the best Windows 10 Mobile experience
How to motion the caret stick to the right in Windows x Mobile keyboard
Windows Camera on Windows 10 Mobile picks upward support for Lenses
Microsoft says if you want landscape for the Start screen vote for it (like you ever could)
Windows Phones are helping the NYPD fight crime

Apps

This week, Microsoft's Tetra Lockscreen returned to the Windows Telephone Store later a hiatus, but without receiving any kind of update.

Their Windows Insider app, did even so, snag an update. At that place was no accompanying changelog, then information technology is probable that it was to accommodate the new preview build of Windows 10 Mobile.

Pushbullet, the cross-platform messaging app, added finish-to-terminate encryption for SMS, notification mirroring and other functionality betwixt devices.

Password keeper app LastPass fabricated their service complimentary to use on mobile devices. That includes total functionality, with the exception of syncing to other platforms. For that, you lot will still demand to subscribe for an annual fee.

Xender launched its file-sharing service on Windows Phone. At present you can transfer files up to 10GB betwixt upwardly to four devices running PC, Mac, iOS, Android, and of course, Windows Phone.

And ReddHub, one of the best Reddit apps from Windows, made the spring over to Windows Phone.

Other notable items:

AdDuplex HERO App Spotlight: Mirror Cam
Opera Mini, Fhotoroom and Tweetium for Windows Telephone get minor updates
Elements-The Periodic Table, today's AdDuplex HERO App
Lumia Selfie update adds selfie stick back up with Windows x Mobile
Microsoft'due south new Photo Story Windows Telephone app turns groups of images into videos
Tweetium supports Twitter'due south new x,000 character Straight Bulletin feature in latest update
Vine for Windows Phone snags a minor update with bug fixes
Perfect Tube YouTube customer is now available as a universal Windows x app
The official Slack app for Windows Phone is all the same happening

Games

Nosotros got a twofer from well-known game studio Gameloft. Firstly, their pop racing game Asphalt eight: Airborne, got a huge update. Players now accept eight new cars to bulldoze, along with new decals to slap on them. There is also a new Car Mastery feature, which adds over 1500 new challenges and unlocks "exclusive and iconic cars."

Gameloft's other offering of the week was March of Empires, a new Medieval-themed multiplayer strategy game that is free to play.

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