This year, Windows is bringing more innovations, more incredible devices, and great new apps and games that will deliver more productivity and entertainment experiences across the broadest range of devices. The incredible response to Windows 10 revealed that there are more than 200 million monthly active devices around the world running Windows 10. And Windows 10 adoption is accelerating, with more than 40% of new Windows 10 devices becoming active since Black Friday. In fact, Windows 10 continues to be on the fastest growth trajectory of any version of Windows – ever – outpacing Windows 7 by nearly 140% and Windows 8 by nearly 400%. There is also an increased preference for Windows 10 with consumers. Since Black Friday, US retail PC share for Windows 10 grew 16 points to 62% compared to the prior four weeks. Windows 10 mix of PCs rose to 87% from 58% prior to the holiday. There is also an unprecedented demand for Windows 10 among enterprise and education customers. As of today, more than 76% of enterprise customers are in active pilots of Windows 10, and now have over 22 million devices running Windows 10 across enterprise and education customers. Overall, significantly higher customer satisfaction with Windows 10 is shown than any prior version of Windows. The highest engagement on Windows ever, with over 11 billion hours on Windows 10 was recorded in December. Recently another milestone was reached when people have spent over 11 billion hours on Windows 10 in December alone, spending more time on Windows than ever before. While many people upgrade because they want the safest and fastest Windows, they are finding new experiences to enjoy and have fun with. Whether using new web browser, getting help from Cortana, personal assistant, playing games, or being productive, people are spending more and more time on Windows. And, as more and more people use Windows 10, it gets better for everyone as Cortana and Bing get smarter. The Edge browser compatibility is more broadly tested, too. Over 44.5 billion minutes spent in Microsoft Edge across Windows 10 devices in just the last month. Over 2.5 billion questions asked of Cortana since launch. Around 30% more Bing search queries per Windows 10 device vs. prior versions of Windows. Over 82 billion photos viewed within the Windows 10 Photo app.
