Windows Phone 8.1 SDK leak – All you need to know

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By Daniel Rubino
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On Monday, February 10th, Microsoft sent out private invites to a select number of Windows Phone developers. The content was the beta release of the Windows Phone 8.1 software development kit (SDK), which is what developers use to make apps. SDKs don’t reveal all of the consumer features, but they reveal enough about the 8.1 operating system to warrant interest.

Less than 24-hours later, an anonymous developer on link aggregation site Reddit leaked screenshots and details about the beta SDK and new OS. Since then, more information has come out from other developers as the SDK ISO file itself has leaked.

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Daniel Rubino
Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central. He is also the head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007, when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and watches. He has been reviewing laptops since 2015 and is particularly fond of 2-in-1 convertibles, ARM processors, new form factors, and thin-and-light PCs. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.