Windows Phone 10 preview will be available to wider range of handset users

The Windows 10 Technical Preview is coming to a much wider range of Windows Phone users.

Developments in the coding process mean that the forthcoming build of the Windows Phone 10 Technical Preview will be available for 36 phones almost six times as many as the initial release, according to information disclosed inan official Windows blog.

Previously, users downloading the preview had to have handsets with a partition size large enough to support the upgrade. Now, however, partition stiching' will allow Microsoft to "re-size the system partition dynamically", fitting the update into a much wider range of devices.The full list of supported phones is below:

Lumia 1020

Lumia 1320

Lumia 1520

Lumia 520

Lumia 525

Lumia 526

Lumia 530

Lumia 530 Dual Sim

Lumia 535

Lumia 620

Lumia 625

Lumia 630

Lumia 630 Dual Sim

Lumia 635

Lumia 636

Lumia 638

Lumia 720

Lumia 730

Lumia 730 Dual SIM

Lumia 735

Lumia 810

Lumia 820

Lumia 822

Lumia 830

Lumia 920

Lumia 925

Lumia 928

Lumia ICON

Microsoft Lumia 430

Microsoft Lumia 435

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV

Microsoft Lumia 532

Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM

Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

Microsoft has been keen to point out that this is far from a definitive list, and that phones may be added or dropped depending on bugs, compatibility and other numerous quirks of unfinished software.

It's also been tight-lipped on a release date for the next Windows 10 build. However, according to the company, the developers need "at least one more week of engineering". If we had to guess, this would lead us to expect that Windows Insiders will be seeing the newest Technical Preview in a fortnight at the latest.

Adam Shepherd

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