Windows 10 operating system (OS) from Microsoft has outpaced Windows 7 by nearly 140 per cent and Windows 8 by 400 per cent with more than 200 million monthly active devices around the world running the OS.

More than 40 per cent of new Windows 10 devices became active since November last year, a statement said.

Key facts on what people have been doing on Windows 10:

•    Over 44.5 billion minutes spent in Microsoft Edge across Windows 10 devices in just the last month.

•    Over 2.5 billion questions asked of Cortana since launch.

•    Around 30 per cent more Bing search queries per Windows 10 device vs. prior versions of Windows.

•    Over 82 billion photos viewed within the Windows 10 Photo app.

•    Gaming continues to grow on Windows 10 – in 2015, gamers spent over 4 billion hours playing PC games on Windows 10. Gamers have streamed more than 6.6 million hours of Xbox One games to Windows 10 PCs. – TradeArabia News Service