Microsoft officially launches Lumia Denim: 4K video and Hey Cortana among the novelties

Last updated Oct 30, 2017 559

Starts the distribution of the update Lumia Denim carrying a list consisting of new devices of the family of Microsoft smartphone. Here are the new features. It starts the distribution of Lumia Denim. The official updated from Microsoft that combines the new software Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 to the unique features designed around the ex-Nokia smartphones.

The update is currently available only on a ” limited selection ” of Lumia 625, Lumia 735 (only Vodafone) and Lumia 1320. The roll-out is expected to expand by January on all smartphones and compatible on all markets.

Not all features of Lumia Denim will naturally be available on all devices. The recording of 4K video, for example, will only be available on high-end Lumia current generation: Lumia 930, Lumia Icon and Lumia 1520. Below is the list of what’s new Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 and Lumia Denim.

News Windows 8.1 Update 1

Cortana will be available in the UK and China in beta, India, Canada and Australia as a public alpha.
Applications can be organized in Home in Live Folder renameable.
Corner app allows you to show in the Home only certain applications among those installed.
Better management and organization of the SMS, which can be combined into conversations or forwarded to other recipients.
It is now possible to customize the time to ” snooze ” the alarm.
Improvements of various kinds to the security, privacy and the web browser.

News Lumia Denim

Lumia Camera : available exclusively on Lumia 830, Lumia 930, Lumia Lumia Icon and 1520, is extremely intuitive and complete app to take pictures with your smartphone.
Greatly increased the speed of access and click the Camera application.
Moment Capture: a long press on the button of the camera will be started recording in 4K at 24 fps. Each frame of the video can be captured at 8.3 megapixels.
Supported Auto HDR and Dynamic Flash, configurable also in post-production.
Improved algorithms of image processing.
Ability to activate Cortana by saying ” Hey Cortana “, thanks to technology SensorCore.
The Lumia devices can now display more information in the Glance Screen.

The update is already available natively on smartphones Lumia 830 and Lumia 735. The roll-out to all the other Lumia with Windows Phone 8 is started in the past few hours in some markets, and could be concluded in January 2015 for all smartphones compatible.