If you're joining the ranks of those on the Windows 10 Technical Preview for phones, one of the important factors to consider is whether your native language is supported. It's too easy to presume it will be, or that everyone can speak enough English to make it through.
Microsoft has published a list of the supported languages in the first build. Read on to see them all.
- Arabic (Saudi Arabia)
- Catalan (Spain)
- Czech (Czech Republic)
- Dutch (Netherlands)
- English (UK)
- English (US)
- Finnish (Finland)
- French (Canada)
- French (France)
- German (Germany)
- Hindi (India)
- Italian (Italy)
- Japanese (Japan)
- Korean (Korea)
- Polish (Poland)
- Portuguese (Brazil)
- Russian (Russia)
- Simplified Chinese (China)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Spanish (Mexico/LatAm)
- Swedish (Sweden)
- Thai (Thailand)
- Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)
- Turkish (Turkey)
- Vietnamese (Vietnam)
This list will surely expand as the previews continue, but it's a pretty good list at least to get started with.
Source: Blogging Windows
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These are the supported languages in the first Windows 10 preview for phones
Dear Team,
Am using Windows phone since Lumia 620. Lumia 620, Lumia 920, Lumia 625, Lumia 640 XL, lumia 540 These are all the phones i bought for me and my family.
Once i accidently used Android, where the change of keyboard from English to Tamil was available and i loved that.
Unfortunately its missing in Windows Phone.
Am waiting since the day i bought Lumia phone for Tamil Keyboard but your updates always disappointed me in this aspect.
Please include that in your next release, go to forums and search for people who want tamil keyboard (Direct typing functionality) in windows phone you will understand the importance of it.
Regards,
Sathish.
Arabic.. that is interesting as even the final relase of windows phone 7 did not have that
I just installed it on my 630, and it is still danish... Which is not on this list...
Lots of other laguages are supported as well but are missing some of the translated text and keyboards for many languages not on the officialy supported list are available too
has my language but lacks my phone :(
When u add Urdu language?
No Cortana I UK !
No Lithuanian language, no Samsung ATIV S support. It's gona be very sad weekend :(
I wish that Microsoft treat the Spanish Mexico only for Mexico and not for other countries of south America, I feel more comfortable with Spanish Spain for my phone than the Spanish Mexico , don't understand why when I select Spanish, Spain language the settings like money and currency changes to euro even if just modified the language and not the region why language is co dependent of region we use the peso as currency but we don't have any similitude with the Spanish spoke in Mexico I'm, from, Chile but we don't, speak the Spanish Mexico at all is more similar to Spanish Spain is amazing that even Microsoft have a office in Santiago but they don't even give feedback to Microsoft USA for things like language translations
Actually in WP8.1 there are many variations of the Spanish (including the Chilean one), not only the Mexican. I think eventually MSFT will add more regions to W10, but for the moment LatAm option is the most generic.
No really is still in Spanish Mexico in fact apps in Spanish Spain gets into the # followed with their title without any translation like #l level instead of nivel or #shopping list instead of lists de la compra, is very annoying that Americans already don't recognize that not all south America speaks mexican
In many cases the translation depends on the developers, many of them ask to the users for specific translations. Microsoft it's primarily an North American enterprise, so it's natural that many languages aren't present since the beginning, and the localization it's not an easy thing to do, the variations of the same language are present not only between countries but also in particular regions of the same country. Checking on the settings of my phone there are available 19 variations of the Spanish, like I said before, not an easy task.
Not bad
Is it any update for Lumia 520
Plz tell us when will you release to 520 at least give some information....
Have a close look at Joe calendar appointment in previous post's video -
Team Kora
Xdevice
Spartan proposal
Built-in inking
XBOX integration
last but not the least hair appointment (comeon its joe :P )
Can't say I'm not a little disappointed; my Lumia 928 and I will wait patiently for the next build.
Uuuuuuhhh awebo español
Jajaja, a huevo!! ;]
huevos putos...!
Jajajaja, a todos!!! Jajajja
son todos unos pendejos
Arabic is no 1 :P
Number WAAHID. lol :D
صحيح ;)
It's because the alphabetical order
I'm curious on the speech to text functionality, if it's already in this build and what languages are supported, in special Brazilian Portuguese, anyone knows?
939 :(
When will Lumia 520 get
Feeling very very very disappointed really what is this man..
My 520 is crying with you. I hope asap
I'm not worried at all:
I just bought TWO Lumia 520
and some memory cards
plus a HUGE battery.
A lot of languages supported, but only for 6 crappy devices.
How observant of you
730 isn't crappy -_-
-920 :(
Whut! Better language support in W10 for phones then actuall W10!? Me confused.
Thumbs up for Hindi. :D नमस्ते |
Update is around 450 MB ! Pretty large for a tech preview
it is a full blown OS update.
also, you yourself said it. it's a technical preview. :)
Done with the downloading now ... Its time to get hands on it ;)
I expected around 1gb..
Your expectations are too high :D
Lol... Is the os stable? What about resuming, is it still there?
Just checking it mate .. Transition are bit slow .. But overall its good to go
That's what she said.
Lumia 925 and Danish please
Can we work Microsoft to add Urdu as a language? That'll surely make the phones here in Pakistan and maybe for some in India more popular too? Urdu is quite closely related to Arabic....
Dude... Just use English...ok?
No problem in using English for me. Im just fine with it. But many for many people here its a significant barrier. Since they can't understand English that well, they often misunderstand some things. Example. "This is a Technical Preview and may have bugs....." Ain't that simple to understand if your not fluent in English. And if someone has a bad experience, they would most likely spread their negativity. Being able to read in your native language is a much better option in cases like this.
seeya on 15 feb ;)
Microsoft just made the best apple commercial ever by disappointing us again. This is my last. Leaving WP for IOS.
Bye
Best of luck testing technical previews on iOS :)
PS - Update point of view, apples updates like 6-7 devices, 4 to 6+
MS is dealing with a wider array of phones, requiring different firmwares, hardwares and resolutions.
Best of luck
Just leave.. Thank you so much :*
Thank god. I really hope MS can get even more whiners over to other ecosystems... Because you are ruining this openness Microsoft had with this release.
Bye and don't forget to close the door...
YAY!
Μουνοσκυλα της Ms γιατι οχι Ελληνικα??
पतपतजझ फढझक फलएुु फता ठरएओ
Gr8!!!! I am exited to view hands on video!!
y u did this ms...low end phones :|Den y do people pay money for a high end device!
Because, my broken keyboarded friend, we're ALL sharing the dev process unlike before. Previously, MS would have done small batch testing on these low end handsets internally before going global. There are reasons. It's not a conspiracy. We all clamoured for involvement and this is the price you pay, we're in the loop early. Patience. Learn to type while you wait.
Haha! +1020
Not even low-end. It's like low-end of the low-middle and middle range.
I'm getting an update (251.06MB in size) on my 925 UK 32GB, any idea what it is, since my device is supposedly not currently supported for the W10 preview?
Denim. Who are you with?
Aww man, I had a very small glimmer of hope of it being W10. I'm on Three, but my device is Vodafone branded. Of all the times to get Denim lol.
I'm on Vodafone too. Just getting it myself. W10 would only come through the Insider app anyway, not via a phone update.
@Rem97 That would be Denim Update.
Ah, okay. Amidst all the W10 hype, I forgot Denim even existed.
Well my update finished and I'm still on Cyan. Whether that was a pre-positionin update I don't know.
Sorry to say but those features are already shown in windows 10 event...
I think this is because they are supposed to be the same OS, somehow
What about supported keyboard languages?
Exactly. Same question
Bring on the keyboard available in desktop! Eg Dvorak
I type in Dvorak myself, but I'll doubt its usefulness on a phone.
all we need is a detailed hands on video! please rubino?
Windows Central posted a video by Joe Belfiore a short while ago. Sure, it's not an objective look, but it runs through what's new.
http://www.windowscentral.com/get-first-look-windows-10-phones-microsofts-joe-belfiore
Dude, it has Hindi too... What more can one expect ;)
Windows 10 for all phones?
But No English(India) !?
Just use English (UK)?
Windows 10 for 520 and 535?
Malayalam illeda pannikale
Pwolichu machane :D
Hahaha malayalam illa alle!
Pinneyum pinneyum malayaali...ithentha malayala maasamo??? :p
Ini ippo adhundayittennathina... :D
Mallusine kond vayya.. Shho.. ;)
Rajnikant :p
Lol
Doobie doobie dooba...
Perrrryyyy
Ee chettakal nannavilla
735 :'(
+735 hell why? They only updated the worse of both :(
Really, they have no excuse for not letting the 735 on that list.
But they do and you don't know it, haha. :P
Probably :(
Idk why did they do that... The only difference is the dual SIM and wireless charger -.-
And that wireless charger is just the cover, so that shouldn't affect it.. :/
ativ s
Moan, moan, moan