Microsoft announces that Windows 10 has more than 1 billion monthly active devices

Although it was two years later than Microsoft’s expectation, the number of monthly active users of Windows 10 reached 1 billion. For Microsoft, this is a very encouraging moment.

Microsoft announced in September 2019 that Windows 10 has reached 900 million users. Since then, with the termination of Windows 7 services, the personal computer market has set off a small increase.

In the six months from September last year to today, 100 million new users were added to Windows 10. Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft’s vice president writes:

“From pioneering seamless touch and pen experiences, to enabling biometric log-in with Windows Hello, and with experiences like the Your Phone app, enabling Android users to connect their phone to their PC—we strive to meet people where they are.

And this innovation continues, bringing Windows to the cloud to make Windows 10 through Azure and virtual machines available on nearly every platform, from Mac to iOS or even Chromebooks. We will strive to make Windows the most accessible operating system on the planet regardless of where our users are, or what device they are on.

Reaching a billion people with Windows 10 is just the beginning. We will invest in Windows not only within Windows 10 for PCs but also across many other Windows editions, serving diverse customer needs including Windows IoT, Windows 10 Teams edition for Surface Hub, Windows Server, Windows Mixed Reality on HoloLens, Windows 10 in S mode, Windows 10X and more.”