Windows Remote Desktop mobile app to come to Windows Phone

The new Windows Remote Desktop application for mobile devices, which was launched last week for iOS and Android devices, will soon be available for Windows Phone, reports The Next Web. The report comes in response to a question as to why Microsoft would release the app for the competition but not for its own platform. No release date for the Windows Phone version was mentioned except that Microsoft is “working on” it.

Windows Remote Desktop is currently available for PC, Mac, and Android and iOS devices (including smartphones and tablets.) A “revamped” version of the Mac version was included with the Android and iOS launch. As to why a Windows Phone version was not released, “Remote desktop on phones is a relatively rare usage scenario,” a Microsoft representative explained.

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