Window: Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 goes to OEMs, may bring anti-theft mode

Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 goes to OEMs, may bring anti-theft mode


While we are all pretty obsessed with Windows 10 Mobile, it will likely be half a year before the software ends up on our handsets.
At the same time the long-awaited Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 seems to be bubbling under, and official documentation has now shown up for the OS update on Microsoft’s Windows Phone OEM dev centre.
A variety of new features appear to be supported, but nothing ground breaking.  New is Video over LTE, support for additional languages including Bangla (Bangladesh), Khmer, Kiswahili and Lao, a new anti-theft policy, and a variety of other features which can be seen below.
Microsoft has been promising am anti-theft feature to rival that of iOS and Android by the middle of 2015, suggesting we will see devices running the new update well before then.

Customization and runtime configuration changes

These customization and runtime configuration changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

Provisioning and device management updates

These provisioning and device management features are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

Manufacturing changes

These manufacturing changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.

Testing changes

These software tracing changes are new for Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2.
We will continue digging through the documentation to see if anything else interesting pops up.