HTC 8XT will get WP 8.1 by the end of the month

HTC planning to release the 8..1 update for HTC 8XT. HTC confirmed this on twitter that the device is en eoute to recieve the update by the end of the month.


Windows 8.1 will bring the much improvements in midrange HTC phone. They added folder support, backgrounds on the start screen, personal voice assistant Cortana, VPN, action and notification center and much more.

Apps + Store

• Apps can capture audio/video from themselves; be limited for copyright concerns
• App and Game data stored on SD cards
• Apps on SD Cards are only allowed from ONE originating phone. If it detects that apps from another phone are installed on the SD Card, then it will ask to delete those first
• App Suggestions by location
• Backup of App + Game data to OneDrive (if developer enabled)
• Facebook app comes with OS, updates independently, hooks into OS
• Filter through installed apps by usage/install date

Camera

• Burst camera mode, including auto-deletion of bursts
• New layout

Bing

• Bing smart search (similar search system as Windows 8.1)

Browser

• Internet Explorer 11
• IE 11 to save and remember your password for websites
• JavaScript and HTML for app development
• Upload files through Internet Explorer 11
• Tabs now show up individually in multi-task window

Email

• Encrypted and signed e-mail support
• New Email sync options with accordance to usage patterns (i.e. If you get a lot of mail on particular days and if you don’t check mail every day).

General User Experience changes

• Start screen backgrounds with parallax motion
• Back button no longer closes apps, instead it suspends them
• Double-Tap to unlock your phone (Feature from Lumia devices on Amber Update and newer)
• Double Tap to Power Off
• Favorite photos by tapping a heart icon
• File picker
• Kid's Corner - Password won't be displayed (bug fix)
• Live Tiles – mark as red by swiping from the left over the Tile
• Live Tiles – Three column support (maybe)
• Navigation bar for phones without physical keys on the front
• Notification if charger isn’t of adequate power
• Quiet Hours - Disable notifications during pre-selected timeframe
• Screenshot button combination is now Power + Volume Up
• Search button will be the new way to open Speech (aka ‘Cortana’)
• Separate volume controls for ringtones/notifications and music/media
• Set default Voice Navigation app for the OS
• Swipe down to close apps in multitasking view
• Voice Narrator for Accessibility

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