Windows 10 installed 400 million units, 50 million more in 3 months

The latest data released by Microsoft on Monday showed that Windows 10 has been running on more than 400 million active devices.

This figure not only refers to the PC, but also includes tablets, smart phones, Xbox One game consoles, HoloLens holographic glasses, and other devices such as Surface Hubs.

At the same time, Microsoft stressed that there is no water in this figure. The so-called "active" refers to the activation of used equipment in the past 28 days. If you have all installed Windows 10 users with a lower frequency, this number should increase.

In addition to the above, a Microsoft spokesperson also stated that the company is developing a new version of Windows 10, Redstone 2, which will enhance the security of Edge browsers.

Microsoft last announced the installation of Windows 10 at the end of June this year, when the figure was 350 million units. In the past 3 months, active users have grown by 50 million.

The official version of Windows 10 was officially pushed to ordinary users on July 29 last year. All old users of Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 and some corporate users can upgrade to the latest system for free, and even piracy is no exception, so only after 24 hours of release More than 14 million PCs have been upgraded.

Microsoft's initial goal was to install 1 billion units in 3 years, but this figure has not risen as scheduled. According to data provided by Microsoft, in the 4 weeks after the official listing of Windows 10, the installed capacity exceeded 75 million units, exceeded 110 million units in 10 weeks, exceeded 200 million units in 6 months, reached 2.7 million units in 8 months, and reached 3 after 9 months. Billion Taiwan.

In the past year and three months, the installed capacity has finally exceeded 400 million units, but the distance from the 1 billion target is still far behind. The more crucial point is that the free upgrade plan for Windows 10 is over. It will be more difficult to complete this ambitious goal in the future.

Microsoft itself seems to have seen this too, and Yusuf Medhi, a senior director of Windows device division, said in July that because of the poor performance of Microsoft's mobile business unit, Windows 10 could not fulfill its initial target of 1 billion units in three years.