Rumor: Microsoft is working on Android phone – tablets and phones – News

An employee of Microsoft Store said that Microsoft is working on a phone on which Android works. This would be the first new Microsoft phone in over two years, but the employee might also have been cheated.

The rumor was raised by Windows Latest, who asked a Microsoft Store employee when new windows phones were in stock. The employee responds that Microsoft is currently working on new phones. The phones do not run Windows, but Android

Even when the author of Windows Latest says that he is a journalist and asks if he can use the conversation for an article, the & # 39; Employee says that Microsoft is working on an Android device that will appear on the market under the Microsoft brand. When the device comes out, the Microsoft Store employee can not say it.

Windows Latest could not verify the claims of the Microsoft Store employee. The site speculates that the employee could be confused with the attention that Microsoft has recently put on the release of applications for Android and iOS.

If the employee is right, it could be the first new phone from Microsoft. have been since the Lumia 650 from February 2016. That the device does not run on Windows, is striking, but not surprising, since Microsoft has stopped active development on Windows Mobile.

There have been rumors about a device in the Surface Line with a screen that can be folded in duplicate and that can be called. This device was announced this week that it will not be available until 2019. However, this device probably runs under Windows 10.