We’ve seen plenty of rumors of Microsoft making a foldable Surface product, but this is the first time we’re hearing that the company is reprogramming Windows 10 to support them. A new build of Windows 10 (numbered 18313.1004) coded with references to foldable devices has appeared, according to Windows-centric blog Buildfeed. Within the build, users can find this specific string: ‘rs_shell_ devices_foldables.190111-1800.’ It seems likely that this new Windows 10 build has been designed to support Microsoft’s long-rumoured Andromeda devices, which we’ve heard will include dual-screens and foldable devices. Even without Microsoft’s help, we’ve already seen a range of dual-screen Windows 10 devices including two generations of Lenovo’s Yoga Book, the Asus Project Precog and Intel’s prototype Tiger Rapids. Although Microsoft seems to be nowhere near ready to produce a…
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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019