Windows 8.1 upgrade called Lumia Cyan Update arrived for Nokia Lumia Windows phones. Earlier version Lumia Black will be replacing this new update carrying many new features for the Nokia Lumia phones series.

Windows 8.1 update for windows phone was announced to release by end of this year. But the update was started its building much and had completed their creation about two months ago. If your are a windows phone user this update can be directly updated on your phone now without any further search for developer preview. The new features included with this update are as follows:start+theme

New Start+Theme

Compared to previous colored app tiles in the front page of the phone, this time transparent title feature has been added which allows a background image to be seen through the tiles. There is a added customization of making tiles smaller so that more tiles could be visible on the front page. The previous dark and white display and app tiles color changing options are still there.

New Notification panelnotifications

Now notification about your network, apps and battery can be viewed directly from the front screen, this feature is similar to android 4.4 and miu3 os notifications which is viewed from the front screen. Just drag down the menu from the top and you will find all your notification displayed there. Pressing the increase or decrease volume button allows user to adjust the ringtone volume and app or music volumes rightway. Driving mode in the settings allows user to avoid notifications while driving except texts and phone calls. And even text and phone calls can also be avoided, plus all notifications can be managed in the notifications+actions under settings. That’s Awesome means that note that you like to note.

New Wifi-sense, Data-sense and Storage-sense

Wifi-sense allows user to search nearby wifi or hotspot and connect to it automatically on the half of the user. Data-sense allows users to set data limit according to their subscribed data plan and this feature restricts and send notifications to the users on usage beyond the set limit. Storage-sense allows user to know how much storage is there on the phone and which apps or files are taking more space. And now apps and files can be uninstalled or removed directly from storage-sense options.

New improved keyboard and Sync Settingswp-8.1-keyboard

The keyboard layout has been improved with this update and users can now have vectored drag and press options for faster typing experience. The new Sync settings feature allows user to synchronise settings on all of their microsoft devices. Users can sync Theme, App Settings, Internet Explorer, Passwords across all of their devices.

New project my screen

ProjectMyScreenApp   The project my screen feature allows users to project their mobile screen on to a TV, monitor or projector. Currently direct wireless connection to terminals is only supported for higher series of lumia phones and other lower series have to be connected with USB cable. Also audio is not present when projection are made on any of the screens.

New Battery Saver

The improved battery saver in the settings allows users to not only provide options to converse battery according to their usage but also allows user to check individual application’s battery consumptions details and it helps you to remove unwanted apps from the background runner up, so that you can conserve more battery on the go.

Windows-Phone-8.1 OSThere are lot more features been added like VPN account, workplace account, silent hours, advertising id, new cortana VI interface, kid’s corner etc. There is more improved options that you can choose in the new camera and video capturing interface and besides app store is loaded with lots of good apps to make photo and video capturing more creative and funful. The email app outlook, photo gallery and music gallery all have got new improved look and feel. This update is very much recommended for all lumia windows phone users and for sure you will feel enhance user experience with your lumia phones. Update now from the phone update in the settings and enjoy the Lumia Cyan on your Lumia Windows phone.

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