For Windows 10 Mobile users, it has been a painful couple of years. After months of virtual silence, Microsoft unceremoniously announced it was leaving its phone users high and dry, as Windows 10 Mobile entered maintenance mode. No more features are planned for Microsoft's zombie phone platform, save for security patches to support the company's dwindling mobile business portfolio. Thankfully, for those invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, Redmond's support of Android is fairly good. The clean and speedy Microsoft Launcher app makes it easy to access all of your services at a glance. Cortana can replace Google's own assistant, you can set up and sync Microsoft Edge as your browser, too. OneDrive, Office, OneNote, and Office Lens are available in force, and even Xbox has an app. Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more However, for users switching across from Windows 10 Mobile, there are still a few services and apps that I've missed.

Photos

Although OneDrive has a dedicated Photos section and can handle your camera backups and other folders, a dedicated app that mirror's the features and content on the Windows 10 photos app would be a welcome addition, replacing the default gallery on Android, or Google's own Photos app. The OneDrive app for Android, when set up properly, will match the contents of your Windows 10 Photos app as long as you're syncing, in a chronological timeline. However, the editing features, including some of the more powerful ones that feature inking and video clip editing are missing on Android. It would be nice if we could get a dedicated app that would allow us to edit or continue editing projects across both PCs and phones, syncing via our Microsoft accounts. Movies & TV

This a fairly big, continuing oversight, that might be linked to licensing issues. However, if Microsoft is still serious about its digital Movies & TV business, an Android (and iOS) version is an absolute must-have. On Windows 10, Mobile, and Xbox One, you can view your movies and TV purchases at any time, and on Windows, you can download the media for offline playback, which is great for long commutes and other situations where you might not have a larger device to hand. Why this isn't on Android already is a mystery, but as Microsoft cuts the head off its mobile efforts, the fact we can no longer access our digital content on the go is supremely annoying. Xbox