The ability to choose among three different sizes of tiles as part of Windows Phone 8 OS.Īn updated version of the Microsoft-developed Facebook app is one of the new Live Apps.Īt the launch, Corporate Vice President Joe Belfiore said there are now 120,000 Windows Phone apps in the store.
These Live Apps can integrate with the lock screen, and also integrate into the new Windows Phone 8 Wallet and other hubs on the phone. Microsoft will be allowing third-party developers to build Live Apps. The new and improved Microsoft Skype app for Windows 8 also can be put on the lock screen. Out of the box, Windows Phone 8 will include several Live Apps - email, messaging, calendar and the Windows Phone Store. Live Apps also can be pinned to users' lock screens. There's been speculation for the past few weeks over what Live Apps were and how they'd fit into the Windows Phone 8 ecosystem. Live Apps are the official name for Windows Phone apps that can be pinned as Live Tiles. On October 29 at the Windows Phone 8 launch in San Francisco, Microsoft execs talked up Live Apps. But Microsoft is attempting to go Live Tiles one better with 'Live Apps.' One of the key differentiators of Microsoft Windows Phone has been its updating 'Live Tiles' on the home screen.
