Windows 10 Mobile has yet to roll out for existing devices, but Microsoft has now offered a few more details.
Specifically, the company notes that a number of Windows Phone 8.1 devices will first have to receive firmware updates, and only after that will they be able to get the new Windows 10 Mobile update.
We're still not closer to getting a specific release date for Windows 10 Mobile, but at least now, the Microsoft representative offered a few more tidbits of information.
So far, nearly all Windows Phone updates gracing Lumia handsets came bundled with firmware updates. Windows Phone 8.1 came with Lumia Cyan and Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 came with Lumia Denim, but Windows 10 Mobile will reportedly not come with any firmware update bundled.
This means that Windows Phone 8.1 devices will get firmware updates separately. These updates will arrive at the same time as Windows 10 Mobile for some devices, while for others, they will come before Windows 10 Mobile.
"For existing 8.1 devices, Win10 update is going to be only SW update, but in order to fix [a] few issue[s], there will be FW updates for some devices which are still based on 8.1 SW before they can receive [the] Win10 update," a Microsoft spokesperson
tells Neowin.