Microsoft to Kill Windows Phone Silverlight Apps

Microsoft is planning another big change in Windows 10 Mobile, with support for classic Windows Phone apps to be discontinued, most likely when the feature2 update goes live.

Internal builds of Windows 10 Mobile have already implemented restrictions that block Silverlight apps from running, with the change to roll out for insiders as well in the coming weeks.

Whenever users attempt to launch a Silverlight apps on one of these builds, they are provided with an error message saying that “Silverlight Launch Requested. Silverlight apps are no longer supported on this version of Windows.”

Microsoft’s apps also running on Silverlight

As if the lack of apps wasn’t already a problem on Microsoft’s smartphone platform, this change will substantially impact the number of apps available on Windows 10 Mobile devices, including super-popular names like WhatsApp.

This means that developers need to prepare for the new restriction by launching universal apps, t...