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GOOGLE WILL OFFICIALLY STOP SUPPORTING CHROME FOR WINDOWS 7 AND WINDOWS 8.1 FROM 2023

For most PC enthusiasts, Windows 7 was one of the best-operating systems that Microsoft has released in decades. While Microsoft pulled the plug on the operating system about two years ago, one of the most extensive support systems it had up until now has decided to no more extend support to Windows 7. Google has officially announced that it will stop updating its Chrome browser for Windows 7 starting in 2023.

To give you an idea of how popular and well-received theWindows seven operating systems was, consider this – even though it was first released in 2009 and Microsoft officially ended supporting it in 2020, there are at least 100 million active devices that use Windows 7, and connect to the internet, daily. As opposed to that, the following Windows OS, Windows 8.1, does not have even half of those numbers.

This does not include the number of air-gapped devices or devices running on a pirated copy of Windows 7.

From a security standpoint, this is a huge deal. Google, pulling the plug on Google Chrome for Windows 7 means that many people could soon be both an unsupported operating system and an unsupported web browser. Google announced that Chrome 110, which is tentatively scheduled to be released on February 7th, 2023, will be the last version that supports the two older Microsoft operating systems.

Chrome will still work after version 110, but it won’t get any future updates on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, according to the support page.

If you’re still on a system running on either Windows 7 or 8.1 operating systems, we suggest you upgrade to a new OS as soon as possible. That way, you’ll be able to receive security updates for your operating system and take advantage of the latest Chrome features and security improvements as well.

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