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Bill Gates Switches To Android Phone
Microsoft co- founder Bill Gates has revealed he uses an Android- powered smart- phone, rather than a Windows one.
"Recently, I actual- ly did switch to an Android phone," he said, speaking on Fox News Sunday.
Microsoft's own Windows-powered phones have failed to make a signifi- cant impact on the smartphone mar- ket, which is domi- nated by devices running Google's Android operating system.
However, Mr
Gates said he had installed lots of Microsoft apps on his phone.
When asked whether he also had an iPhone, per- haps as a sec- ondary device, he replied: "No, no iPhone."
He did not reveal which particular smartphone he currently uses.
Microsoft struggled to make a success of its own mobile operating system, Windows Phone.
In 2014, the soft- ware giant paid $7.2bn (£5.5bn) for Nokia's handset business, but Windows-powered phones accounted for fewer than 1% of global smart- phone sales in 2016.
Microsoft's latest
operating system, Windows 10, can power smart- phones in addition to laptops, tablets and desktop com- puters. However, few Windows 10 smartphones have been released.
In April, Microsoft started selling a
customised version of Samsung's Galaxy 8 smartphone in its US stores.
"Microsoft's strategy under its current chief executive Satya Nadella is to make Microsoft apps and services
widely available on Android and iPhone," said Ian Fogg, an analyst at the tech consultan- cy IHS Markit.
"That's where their customers are these days."
The "Microsoft
Edition" phone comes with the firm's apps such as Office, Outlook email and its voice assistant Cortana included.
"It used to be put- ting the Windows operating system on everyone's phone was a priori- ty, but now it's about selling serv- ices such as Office and Outlook email," said Mr Fogg.
"To do that, you have to make those services available on every device."
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