Leaked photos show a new Windows Phone 8.1 multi-window feature

From the looks of it, the Lumia 930 is not running some sort of beta version of Windows 10 for smartphones, but a special version of Windows Phone 8.1 instead. According to Micrososftinsider.es, the Spanish tech blog that originally posted these pictures, the ability to open multiple windows will only be available on Windows Phone smartphones rocking a 5-inch or larger display. Since opening multiple windows at the same time takes up more RAM, such a new feature could also require a certain minimum of RAM memory.

At the moment, neither Android nor iOS allow users to open multiple apps on the screen at the same time, although Samsung came up with such a feature in its TouchWiz implementation of Android (the Galaxy Note 4 can actually run 3 apps simultaneously). There has been a lot of talk regarding the utility of such a feature, but certainly more options are always a good thing when it comes to software. 

Microsoft's Build 2015 conference is scheduled to start in just a few minutes, and there's a (very) small chance that Microsoft will unveil the new feature today.

source: Microsoftinsider via WindowsCentral