By Andy Boxall
Publication Date: 2026-06-08 10:14:00
Microsoft has revealed it’s working on a new mobile-related platform called Project Solara, which it demonstrated on stage during its Build 2026 developer conference.
It’s closer to Android than Windows Mobile, and not only is one of the first prototypes closely linked to a smartphone, it may come to cutting-edge wearables including smartglasses in the future too.
What is Project Solara?
Microsoft has had a few goes at pulling attention away from Apple, Google, and Samsung with phones and other mobile devices in the past.
Unfortunately, whether it’s through the acquisition of Nokia, the creation of Windows Phone, or the release of devices like the Microsoft Surface Duo, it has never quite succeeded.
Project Solara isn’t a smartphone operating system, although Microsoft’s platform is based on Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but an app-less, AI agent-first platform made for both mobile and stationary…
