Microsoft Announces Update 3 For Windows Phone 8

Yesterday Microsoft announced its third update to Windows Phone 8. This is the set of new features and upgrades that will carry the smartphone platform through the holiday sales cycle. Included among the new set of code is support for faster processors, larger screens, higher resolution displays, better Internet sharing, and a set of quality of life changes that will be welcome to current handsets owners.

Late last week, Windows Phone celebrated its third birthday as a public smartphone platform. To kick off the third update to its current iteration (Windows Phone 8) now is fitting. Don’t call it Windows Phone 8.1, though, as its official name is simply ‘Windows Phone 8 Update 3.’

Also included in the update are accessibility upgrades, and a new developer program that will get the fresh firmware into the hands of developers more quickly than in previous releases.