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Welcome to the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box! Please vote for a feature suggestion or submit your own!

We’ve created this site as a tool to help Microsoft understand how customers use Windows Phone and we welcome your feedback.

Standard Disclaimer – our lawyers made us put this here ;-) Please note that the Windows Phone Feature Suggestion Box is moderated and is a voluntary participation-based project, and if your submission is not a product feature suggestion it may be removed. Please do not send any novel or patentable ideas, copyrighted materials, samples or demos which you do not want to grant a license to Microsoft. See the “Terms of Use” link below for more information. Please limit your suggestions to 25 words or less.

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  1. 11,186 votes
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      160 comments  ·  Operating System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

      Thanks for your notifications suggestion. Always great to see such great feedback and suggestions. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. What’s another great idea? Keep those votes coming!

    • Store apps & attachments on external storage and improve/provide micro SD support

      Allow users to store apps & files (mail attachments, internet explorer downloaded files, etc.) on external storage such as microSD.

      26,922 votes
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        844 comments  ·  Operating System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

        Thanks for your suggestion for external storage and MicroSd support. It’s always great to see such great feedback and excitement about this feature. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. Keep those votes and suggestions coming!

      • BBM (Blackberry Messenger) For Windows Phone 7.5 & 8

        Please Make BBM (Blackberry Messenger) be available for windows phone as soon as ios and android os get it this summer year !!

        1,933 votes
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          211 comments  ·  Messaging  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
        • Support custom themes with Skinery Tiles Pro

          Many users have asked for more customization for the look and feel of the start screen. Skinery Tiles Pro now supports custom themes for live tile apps with notifications and users have asked for stock apps such as Phone, People, Office, Settings, Messaging, Xbox, Calendar, Mail and Store to be included in Skinery.

          Skinery knows it is ridiculous and far-fetching to ask Microsoft to work with an indie developer. So even if Microsoft is not interested to link up to Skinery directly, can Microsoft allow stock apps to be launched using uri scheme?

          Skinery's dream is to help Windows Phone…

          3,080 votes
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            235 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
          • Battery Percentage at the status bar

            Hugely important, like in iOS or Android..

            11,290 votes
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              109 comments  ·  Power Management  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

              Thanks for your suggestion! Always great to see such great feedback and suggestions. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. What’s your great idea? Keep those votes coming!

            • Add File Manager to Windows Phone

              Add File Manager to Windows Phone 8

              35,184 votes
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                1346 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                Thanks for your File Manager suggestion. Always great to see such great feedback. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. Keep those votes and suggestions coming!

              • Please, let you make Nokia map for Belarus!

                Nokia map of Belarus is big white spot now! But all country around Belarus have they maps! Why?

                11,913 votes
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                  572 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                • Windows Phone's background can be replaced with a picture

                  If used only black and white, can now be replaced with an image at will. Can be arranged in a way to settings > theme > change background > choose a picture

                  Example :

                  https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/977583_275021132643751_1358369890_o.jpg?dl=1

                  706 votes
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                    21 comments  ·  Operating System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                  • Support for full Bluetooth profiles - including accessories, keyboards, low energy

                    Windows Phone loses usability, market visibility and relevance, and falls behind competing products by not supporting the HID Bluetooth profile (and others) for actions such as hooking up Bluetooth accessories including game controllers, keyboards, and low energy accessories e.g. sport (Pebble). Full compatibility between WP8 and the massive Bluetooth ecosystem is important to

                    5,417 votes
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                      167 comments  ·  Accessories  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                    • 1,042 votes
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                        104 comments  ·  Update  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                      • Temple Run for Windows Phone 7.8

                        Temple Run can support windows 7.8 and 512 RAM..Please respect wp7.8 users,our phone is still very new

                        1,200 votes
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                          170 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                        • Gives Windows Phone users a tool to clean up their phone

                          There are several problems due to the lack of file browser, or any cleaning tool for WP8.

                          I mean, for example, the "Other" section, visible in the storage settings, which doesn't stop growing, even if we uninstall apps.
                          It could be great if we could see what does it contains exactly, and delete some useless things (apps cache etc.)

                          Otherwise, a simple file browser could be interesting aswell.

                          6,865 votes
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                            146 comments  ·  File System  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                          • Publish Bing apps (news, finance, sports ...) on WP

                            Microsoft repeats that the porting of apps between W8 and WP8 is easy but they don't port their W8 apps on WP8 : Bing News - Finance - Sports, Weather ...).

                            We want these apps on Windows Phone !! :)

                            472 votes
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                              4 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                            • The WP8's icon design needs to be improved

                              The WP8 interface instantly displays the information is indeed better than IOS and android.I mean those icons that only very monotonous unsightly white color, the future icon design can use a variety of color combinations? It would be more beautiful!

                              1,339 votes
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                                32 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                              • Continue to develop and fund new Xbox games for Windows Phone

                                Lately there have been very few new Xbox games released for Windows Phone. Please begin development on new Xbox games, including major franchises like Halo and Forza! Also, reach out to third-party developers and convince them to bring more games to Windows Phone by any means necessary.

                                Xbox Live features have been a major selling point of Windows Phone since 2010, and we gamers want to see those features continue - especially with new, higher-quality games.

                                3,366 votes
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                                  94 comments  ·  Games  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • IE 10 Improvements

                                  Examples of the missing functionality:

                                  - Password support for the IE10
                                  - Forward button for the IE10
                                  - Text reflow for the IE10 so it automatically adjusts and reformats text for easy readability
                                  - Ability to have at least two browser control buttons

                                  14,768 votes
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                                    216 comments  ·  Improved Experience  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                    Please note that several of the suggestions in the original post (ringer volume, orientation lock, etc.) have already been suggested elsewhere and are actively being voted on, so this idea has been consolidated to focus on IE 10 improvements.

                                    To work optimally suggestions should be for a single idea or feature, so if you would like, please reallocate your votes to other suggestions that you feel are most important to you.

                                  • 947 votes
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                                      27 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                    • Continue to use Zune for media sync in WP

                                      The WP sync app/manual copy is inferior to Zune for syncing media. Return to Zune for syncing media, including playlists and play counts.

                                      10,137 votes
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                                        741 comments  ·  Music + Videos  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →

                                        Thanks for your suggestion. It’s always great to see such great feedback and excitement about this feature. While we can’t promise to ship every suggestion that gets submitted, we will be sure that our product development team receives your feedback. Keep those votes coming!

                                      • Allow a flick down to close applications like you can on Windows 8

                                        Align with Windows 8 and support closing an app by dragging it down.

                                        5,004 votes
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                                          49 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                        • MLB At Bat 13

                                          C'mon Microsoft. Apple has it. Android has it. AND NOW Blackberry has it? Blackberry? Are you kidding me? (SMH) Let's stay competitive and support the great American pastime. Fans will even pay a few $$$ per download as they do with the Droid and iPhone. Check the WP8 forums. This is a commonly requested app.

                                          787 votes
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                                            43 comments  ·  Applications  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
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