14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 7 reached the end of support phase in January 2020, and since then, the world has been slowly but surely stepping away from what was once the planet’s most popular operating system.
With Windows 7 approaching the end of the third year of custom support (only available for paying companies), the biggest browsers out there are also giving up on this operating system.
Microsoft is the latest to announce this change, as Microsoft Edge 110 will abandon Windows 7 once and for all. Both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 would be left behind when the new version of the browser goes live, as per the Chromium timeline announced earlier this year.
Microsoft announced the change as part of the latest Edge Dev build, which is already at version 110, so if you run Windows 7 and try to install this new release, you won’t be able to do this.
Needleless to say, Microsoft Edge will continue to run on Windows 7 even after version 110 goes live, but the browser would no longer receive updates.
Google plans to pull Windows 7 support in Chrome when version 110 goes live in early February.
“Chrome 109 is the last version of Chrome that will support Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. Chrome 110 (tentatively scheduled for release on February 7th, 2023) is the first version of Chrome that requires Windows 10 or later. You’ll need to ensure your device is running Windows 10 or later to continue receiving future Chrome releases. This matches Microsoft's end of support for Windows 7 ESU and Windows 8.1 extended support on January 10th, 2023,” the company said in October.
Just like everybody else, Google encourages users still running Windows 7 to update their devices and move to a newer version of Windows, be it either Windows 10 or Windows 11.