Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are about to get out of the control of the Microsoft, which is about to stop supporting them. These versions are slowly being abandoned by users, in a process that is normal to happen at these times.
Accompanying this “end of life”, many of the present softwares follow the same path. The latest to announce this abandonment of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 comes from Microsoft itself, which announced that it also Edge will no longer support these systems.
O Windows 7 has already lost support and Windows 8.1 will reach this state on January 10, 2023. It is a normal process and it happens with some periodicity in the Microsoft universe, with the arrival of the end of life of these systems.
With this moment, there is also a natural loss of support from software creators, who no longer support them. This will happen soon with Edge, according to Microsoft itself recently revealed🇧🇷 Version 109, the next to arrive, will be the end of this browser in older versions of Windows.
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As with other software, this end of support does not mean that Edge will stop working on Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. This browser will continue to be usable, but without receiving any updates, corrections or new features.
As in other scenarios, Microsoft's advice to resolve this situation is to update operating systems. Users are invited to make the leap from Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 or 11.
Microsoft's decision follows a similar one taken by Google last November. At that time, he revealed that Chrome will lose support in these versions in February, with the arrival of version 109, which will have Windows 10 as a minimum version.
Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 still have an important market share, with 10,25% and 2,53%, respectively. The end of support for Edge marks an important moment in this systems end of life, with Microsoft showing the path that other developers should follow as soon as possible.
