Whats Happening with Windows Phone 8.1 in GDR1 release!!

Windows Phone 8.1 OS was showed off to the world in the BUILD developer conference in April by Microsoft. This update was known to be the biggest evolution in Microsoft's Mobile OS that is also known as Windows Phone.
But Microsoft did not delayed in making the Windows Phone 8.1 GDR1 which was in talks since few days but is know somewhat official since it is linked in the Windows Phone Dev Center page. However we cannot access it, this page is only meant for OEM's who make devices with Windows Phone.

Although we cannot access this page but thanks to some sources online we have got the information that what WP8.1 GDR1 sports. The list below states that :-

  • It will now support 1280 X 768 WXVGA Resolution.
  • Screen sizes of 6.01 to 7 Inches(Diagonal) will now be supported due the support of above stated resolution.
  • Dual SIM GSM+CDMA support.             
  • Bluetooth – PAN (personal area network) 1.0 profile, aptX codec support for A2DP, and browsing support for AVRCP are now supported
  • When the Store Tile is Medium Sized it becomes a Live Tile.
  • Folders are now Natively Supported
  • Cortana - Add a phone book entry for Cortana to allow users to initiate speech from a car that doesn't have support for activating speech on the phone that is connected over Bluetooth.
  • Support of Voice over LTE (VoLTE)
  • OEM's can now use a custom lock screen
  • OEM's can preload Files App
  • Enable a phone cover app to launch when the phone cover is closed and specify the default setting for the lock screen's auto unlock setting. (Such as the Dot view case)

Source : WPCentral