What to expect from Lumia Denim aka WP 8.1 update 1

What's next after Lumia Cyan? 

Microsoft announced Lumia Denim update for all the Lumia handsets rocking the Lumia Cyan. The Lumia Denim update combines update 1 along with exclusive features for the Lumia smartphones.

Here is the list of features that Lumia Denim will bring

Live Folders : Want to keep your apps and games organised? Now you can. With Lumia Denim update you can now keep them in Live Folders. Simply press, hold and drag an app over another to create live folders on your Start Screen. Each folder can be renamed by tapping on the text field above the open folder.

Apps Corner : Now you can create a customised Start Screen from where only certain apps or games which you want will be accessible. This is very useful in workplaces where you are issuing Windows Phone to employees.

Cortana : The most personal digital assistant, Cortana will now be available in UK and China as beta version. The alpha version of the digital assistant will now be available in India, Canada and Australia. In US where Cortana is already available will now bring more improved natural language, car kit integration via Bluetooth for contacts, snooze reminders and calendar improvements.

Mobile Website Improvement in IE : Now browse fast with improved downloading speeds on mobile websites.

Store Live Tile : The store live tile will display the most popular apps and games in the store or which are most relevant to you(available in US only).

Snooze Times : Now you can customise the snooze time within the alarm app.

Now here is the list of what’s exclusive to Lumia Smartphones

Lumia Camera : The Nokia Camera is now replaced by Lumia Camera. The Lumia Camera is faster and better so that you can have the best camera experience. The speed at which the shots are taken have also improved, now there is only milliseconds between the shots you take, so now don’t miss anything while capturing.

Moment Capture : A long press of the camera button starts 4K-quality video recording at 24 FPS. With each frame at 8.1 MP and you can save individual frames as high quality still images.

Rich Capture : Auto HDR and Dynamic Flash, shoot first and adjust the camera setting later for that perfect shoot.

“Hey Cortana” : No need to press the Bing button to wake up Cortana. Simply say “Hey Cortana” while the phone is idle to activate Cortana.

Glance Screen : Compatible Lumia devices can now show more at a glance with Bing Weather, Health and Fitness data in addition to time and date, notifications and application data.

The Lumia 730/735 and Lumia 830 will have Lumia Denim out of the box.

Do tell us which feature are you more excited about ??

Source : Nokia/Microsoft mobiles