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IN PHOTO: Microsoft Corp's Ashley Frank talks about Windows 10 at the annual shareholders' meeting in Bellevue, Washington December 3, 2014. Reuters/Jason Redmond

When Microsoft had rolled out the first Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones in February with the build number 8.1.142.19.341, only six Lumia handsets like the Lumia 630, the Lumia 635, the Lumia 636, the Lumia 638, the Lumia 730 and the Lumia 830 could receive it. In the previous week, it was revealed by Microsoft that the next technical preview build would support more devices.

Microsoft through its official blog post that was published on March 27 claims that the reason behind making the first preview available only for limited devices was that it had to select only those handsets that had enough system partition sizes allocated by the manufacturer. The new partition stitching feature from Microsoft has enabled it modify the size of the system partition dynamically. Hence, the Redmond giant’s next Windows 10 Mobile preview build will support more number of Lumia devices.

Apart from the aforementioned Lumia devices, the following Lumia smarpthones that will second Windows 10 technical preview:

  • Lumia 1020
  • Lumia 1320
  • Lumia 1520
  • Lumia 520
  • Lumia 525
  • Lumia 526
  • Lumia 530
  • Lumia 530 Dual Sim
  • Lumia 535
  • Lumia 620
  • Lumia 625
  • Lumia 720
  • Lumia 735
  • Lumia 810
  • Lumia 820
  • Lumia 822
  • Lumia 920
  • Lumia 925
  • Lumia 928
  • Lumia ICON
  • Microsoft Lumia 430
  • Microsoft Lumia 435
  • Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM
  • Microsoft Lumia 435 Dual SIM DTV
  • Microsoft Lumia 532
  • Microsoft Lumia 532 Dual SIM
  • Microsoft Lumia 640 Dual SIM
  • Microsoft Lumia 535 Dual SIM

Microsoft adds that if it finds bugs related to a particular device, it may remove that device it from the list. If any Lumia device is not mentioned on the above list, it indicates that Microsoft has encountered a bug on that device and it will be fixed before the release of the next build.

Gabriel Aul, the Engineering General Manager with Microsoft and the one who is in-charge of the Insider program for Windows 10, states that it is not possible to reveal the exact release date of the next preview build for all the Lumia devices. However, on the official Microsoft blog, he states that it will take “at least one more week” for all devices to receive the next build.

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