Microsoft’s first Android phone might be ready to launch

[Chris Smith]

• The Surface Duo release date might be close, according to various signs that suggest the phone’s launch event is imminent.
• The foldable Android handset was spotted in FCC and Bluetooth SIG databases, which means it’s been certified for commercialization.
• Separately, Microsoft teased the handset on social media, and the Duo was spotted in clips on YouTube.

After failing to rejuvenate Windows Mobile into a Windows Phone experience that people would actually want to mind, Microsoft abandoned the smartphone-making business. Since leaving Windows Phone in 2015, Microsoft doubled down on its software efforts for the mobile-first world we’re living in. Whether it’s iPhone or Android, Microsoft’s Office apps are available on smartphones, and the same goes for tablets. Microsoft produced and acquired other applications and increased its presence on mobile devices even though it did not control the operating system or the hardware. That somewhat changed last year when Microsoft made a surprising announcement. It will get back to manufacturing smartphones. But this time around, it won’t even attempt to create a Windows-based operating system for the first Surface phone ever. Instead, it’s all running Android. And the handset might soon be ready for launch.

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