It sounds as though the lightweight take on Windows 10 isn’t going to see the light of day – at least not for a while.
Windows 10X was originally announced in October 2019 as a new flavor of Microsoft’s operating system for the dual-screen Surface Neo. With the future of the Neo uncertain, development on the software then switched to single-screen devices, and now it looks as though Windows 10X could be canceled completely. Petri reports that «people familiar with the company’s plans» say that Microsoft won’t ship Windows 10X this year, and that the OS «will likely never arrive» in its current form. Instead, bits of Windows 10X might make their way into Windows 10 proper. As development on Windows 10X was separated from development on the Surface Neo, it looked as though 10X would evolve to become a lightweight, simpler version of Windows – not dissimilar to the old Windows RT or the more recent Windows 10 S – that would compete against Chrome OS.
