The company mentioned a few other features that will define the operating system: separating application, compute, and, core OS to make it secure, constant connectivity, and AI-powered applications. In a blog post, Microsoft said that the said OS will have” form factor agility” – meaning it would work on different kind of devices. This indicates that the operating system might work on laptops, tablets, and phones too (Surface phone incoming?). Interestingly, there was no mention of “Windows” from the company, and it’s possible that it might start afresh with new branding for a cross-platform operating system. In March, a report from The Verge suggested that Microsoft is working on ChromeOS-like operating system named Windows Lite. However, it’s hard to know at this stage if this ‘modern OS’ is indeed the rumored Windows Lite. There’s no official word on what shape this OS would take, so we can’t expect it to be released in the immediate future. But, it would be refreshing to see an operating system that would take on the duopoly of Apple and Google.
