Windows 11 spotted running on half a decade old Microsoft Lumia 950 XL

Staff — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 05:21:56 +0000

Microsoft pushed the Insider’s preview build yesterday, and it has made developers go ahead and experiment with their systems. Keeping aside the usual PCs, a developer went ahead and installed the latest Windows 11 software on a half a decade old Microsoft Lumia 950 XL smartphone, a phone favorite among Windows developers.

I got asked to make a video of Windows 11 on the Lumia 950 XL, so here you go:

A (very) quick (and rushed) look at Windows 11 running on a Lumia 950 XL after a day of workhttps://t.co/ziYixQCOZ7

— Gustave Monce (@gus33000) June 29, 2021

The developer Gustave Monce successfully installed Windows 11 preview build on the Lumia 950 XL. Not to forget that the handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon series chipset and does have ARM-based support. In a video shared by the developer, the smartphone runs the full version of Windows 11 without major issues.

The video further shows the smartphone did lag a bit while opening certain apps, but as compared to the older Windows 10, it had no issues running the latest software. This shows the compatibility of the latest software skin from Microsoft and also paves the way for more ARM-based devices to run the new OS.

As of now, Microsoft has confirmed that the all-new Windows 11 can run on newer computers – those running Intel 8th generation chipsets and AMD Zen 2 chipsets or higher, and on Qualcomm 7 and 8 Series devices. It also supports ARM-based devices including smartphones and other ARM-based gadgets.

In related news, users have also managed to run Windows 11 on ARM-based Raspberry Pi 4. It was based on a Broadcom processor, which is already compatible with Windows 10. Interestingly, users reported that the latest Windows 11 was faster than Windows 10 OS.

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Windows 11 spotted running on half a decade old Microsoft Lumia 950 XL