After releasing the Windows 10 Creators Update for PCs today, Microsoft also updated the minimum hardware requirements for all versions of the OS. Here’s what’s changed for Windows 10 Mobile.
Microsoft today released the Creators Update for early adopters that want to manually install it on their PCs , so later on in the day, the company updated the minimum hardware requirements. But while the Update won’t roll out for Windows 10 Mobile until April 25 , those requirements were refreshed as well.
To start it off, Microsoft hasn’t added support for any new chipsets in devices with cellular modems, such as Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 821 or 835. In fact, it even removed the dual-core Snapdragon 208, leaving the list with just the Snapdragon 210, 617, 808, 810, and 820 chipsets.
But there are actually a couple new additions for Wi-Fi only devices that run Windows 10 Mobile Enterprise. Previously, there were only three SoCs in this area: Snapdragon 210, 808, and 810. Now, support for the Snapdragon 617 and 820 have been added.
The list of chips that can be upgraded to Windows 10 Mobile has dropped the Snapdragon S4 Play and Pro, but oddly enough, the S4 Plus is still listed, an SoC that has never offered an official upgrade to Windows 10.
