{"id":267192,"date":"2026-06-08T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/microsofts-new-mobile-effort-ditches-windows-for-android-and-its-not-a-phone\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T06:25:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T10:25:13","slug":"microsofts-new-mobile-effort-ditches-windows-for-android-and-its-not-a-phone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/microsofts-new-mobile-effort-ditches-windows-for-android-and-its-not-a-phone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft’s new mobile effort ditches Windows for Android, and it’s not a phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Microsoft’s new mobile effort ditches Windows for Android, and it’s not a phone<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/microsoft-new-mobile-effort-ditches-windows-for-android-and-its-not-a-phone\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-08 06:14:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.androidpolice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft has revealed it\u2019s working on a new mobile-related platform called Project Solara, which it demonstrated on stage during its Build 2026 developer conference. <\/p>\n

It’s closer to Android than Windows Mobile, and not only is one of the first prototypes closely linked to a smartphone, it may come to cutting-edge wearables including smartglasses in the future too. <\/p>\n

\n What is Project Solara?
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Microsoft has had a few goes at pulling attention away from Apple, Google, and Samsung with phones and other mobile devices in the past.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, whether it\u2019s through the acquisition of Nokia, the creation of Windows Phone, or the release of devices like the Microsoft Surface Duo, it has never quite succeeded. <\/p>\n

Project Solara isn\u2019t a smartphone operating system, although Microsoft\u2019s platform is based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but an app-less, AI agent-first platform made for both mobile and stationary devices. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s also, at this stage at least, not aimed at consumers. Microsoft\u2019s targeting businesses with Project Solara, but the familiarity of the prototypes shown during Build 2026, and Microsoft\u2019s vision for its future, suggest it may not stay that way forever. <\/p>\n

\n Agentic ID badge
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Microsoft demonstrated a prototype ID badge concept equipped with Project Solara, which turned it into a mini phone you wear on a lanyard. <\/p>\n

The ID badge has a touchscreen, a fingerprint sensor, a camera, a Qualcomm processor, microphones and speakers, Wi-Fi, and 5G connectivity. It may look like an ID badge, but it sounds a lot like a phone. <\/p>\n

Instead of Android or Windows, it uses Project Solara to put Microsoft\u2019s Copilot AI to work. Microsoft\u2019s demo video showed the prototype badge working like a phone in a healthcare environment.<\/p>\n

The camera scanned information, AI agents responded to voice commands, tasks were received and displayed on…<\/p>\n

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