That’s the good news, but the bad news is that 10% of Windows users are still on Windows 7, which is now 13 years old. Needless to say, using Chrome will be significantly riskier on machines running these old versions of Windows.Īccording to StatCounter, over 85% of Windows users have moved on to either Windows 10 or Windows 11. That means that Google won’t patch any bugs or fix any vulnerabilities. Now that Microsoft is no longer offering support or releasing updates for the two operating systems, there’s not much need for Chrome to continue supporting them.Ĭhrome will still work on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices - the app won’t just suddenly stop opening - but users won’t see any more updates.
Windows 8.1 will reach its end of support on the same day, and Microsoft won’t offer an ESU program for the oddly-named release.
