Google Chrome to drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 early next year

Google recently announced that it will be dropping support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 devices in February of next year. According to a Google support page, the tech giant announced that Chrome 110, which is scheduled to be released on February 7 2023, will be the last version of the popular web browser to support Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.

It is interesting to note that Windows 7 was launched back in 2009 with Microsoft ending mainstream support for Windows 7 back in 2020. Also, Google’s end of support matches that of Microsoft for Windows 7 ESU and Windows 8.1 extended support on January 10, 2023. According to a report by The Verge, more than 100 million PCs were running Windows last year.