Windows 10 Mobile Build 14977 - Some small changes

On Dec 1, MS released Windows 10 Build 14977 to Fast Ring Insiders.  This build was focused for Mobile only.

 While MS did call out that some devices with only 8GB of RAM may experience errors - the update downloaded and installed fine on my Lumia 735 test device that only has 8GB of RAM.

 The update is relatively small.   The main feature update was similar to 14971 for PC in that epub documents could be read in Edge.   There were an additional 13 fixes called out that mostly address notifications, alarms, and some 3rd party music apps.

 I was not experiencing the errors called out - so can't report on those directly.  I have been experiencing some pain with the Bluetooth stack in that it would hang up from time to time and not display it's paired devices. Toggling BT on/off would not correct the problem and typically required a reboot to correct.

 All in all from a daily usage standpoint, I've really seen little if any difference in performance, capability with the Creators Update (Redstone 2) that with the Anniversary update.  

 I still see some occasional Live Tile errors and lack of updates, albeit somewhat less than previous updates - but that is mostly due to app updates versus the core OS.

 You can kind of tell that Windows 10 Mobile is the red haired stepchild of the Windows 10 portfolio.  The changes are small, not many new features are being discussed or released and depending on whether or not MS releases their Surface "Phone" / Phablet device in 2017 - it may not be until the next branch that anything really changes.   And even then it will only be for the new device(s).  

 So I'll continue to update until the next milestone release - but after that I'm done with Windows 10 Mobile.   There is just no value...


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