Microsoft released its first Windows 10 phones Technical preview, the company is focused more on getting the next-gen OS ready for launch later this year. New documentation published on Microsoft’s website now includes numerous details and references related to ‘Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2′.

GDR2 means ‘General Distribution Release 2′, indicating that it will be the next Windows Phone update to follow on from GDR1, which Microsoft packages as the ‘Lumia Denim’ update on its devices (and which also includes new firmware for some handsets).

Windows Phone Dev Center site confirms that GDR2 is real, and it includes references to a few changes.

Video over LTE

Customize specific settings and behavior for Video over LTE to meet mobile operator requirements including:

Showing or hiding the LTE video calling switch

Setting the default value for the switch

Customizing the name/label of the switch and the description

Specifying the timeout, in milliseconds, for the phone to remain in video transition state

Enabling video conferencing

Specifying the amount of time before a video call is downgraded to a voice call due to low video quality

Hiding the video charges dialog that is displayed when the user turns on the LTE video calling switch

Restore Start tile layout

Append the OEM-defined Start screen layout to the bottom of the user’s backed up Start screen layout when the user restores their device from a backup.

Remove the trailing MSISDN digits on a SIM card:Use to remove the trailing MSISDN digits that are appended to the service provider name (SPN) in the phone UI.

Use voice domain for emergency call branding:Use to enable the voice domain to decide whether to use Emergency calls only or No service in the phone UI branding.

Create a to allow certain SIMs to disable one or more languages. For more information, see the Use SIMBLD to disable languages per ICCID section in Variant selection during runtime.

Key handling and ProvXML ordering improvements: For more information, see the Selecting the variant section in Variant selection during runtime.

According to Microsoft, these changes apply to “Windows Phone hardware development.” That means that there might be some software tweaks included in the update that don’t have anything to do with hardware changes.

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