Google is set to officially end Chrome web browser support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 in February next year.
On Feb. 7, 2023 Google is planning to release Chrome version 110, which will signify the last version of the browser available to Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users. Any Chrome releases after that will require Windows 10 or later to work, and Google makes it clear(Opens in a new window) that, “older versions of Chrome will continue to work, but there will be no further updates released for users on these operating systems.”
Google timed the end of support for these now very old operating systems to coincide with Microsoft’s support timetable. Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 ESU(Opens in a new window) and Windows 8.1 extended(Opens in a new window) on Jan. 10 next year. So Chrome users get an extra month to perform their long overdue OS upgrade, or more likely a whole system upgrade.
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With the release of Windows 11, Microsoft required a PC with Trusted Platform Module (TPM), which meant even some Windows 10 systems couldn’t upgrade. So if you’ve been holding off on upgrading your Windows 7 system this long, well done! You can now invest in some new hardware and avoid Windows 10 completely.
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