Microsoft’s Windows 10 still hasn’t (officially) passed the 700 million active device mark. It may be almost there, but it’s still largely unchanged.
Microsoft executives have been hinting for months that the company had reached the 700 million active device milestone with Windows 10, but today it’s finally official.
During the company’s Q4 FY’18 analyst call on July 19, CEO Satya Nadella announced that Windows 10 was “active” on about 700 million devices. By the end of November 2017, we knew that the company was enjoying 600 million active devices.
Microsoft executives had announced on the first day of BUILD 2018 in Seattle in May that they had reached the 700 million active device milestone. In recent months, however, the word “almost” has been officially added.
It should be noted that the company hopes to see more Windows 10 installations after the upcoming end of support for Windows 7 in January 2020.
Microsoft’s measurements of “active” devices refer to the last 28 days and include Windows 10 on PCs, tablets, phones, Xbox consoles, HoloLens and Surface devices. All versions of Windows 10 are included.
So we see that the company’s 2015 goal of seeing Windows 10 active on 1 billion devices does not seem to have been closed until mid-2018. To be fair, however, it should be mentioned that Microsoft has withdrawn from the Windows 10 mobile phone market, which would have raised the numbers considerably.
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