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Google has confirmed that older versions of Chrome will stop working on older Windows PC in the coming weeks. The deadline for the support is January 15 which is around 10 days from now. All this is happening because Chrome version 110 is coming out soon, which is supposedly going to be one of the biggest upgrades in Chrome’s history.

And with the older Windows versions losing security support from Microsoft, Google has decided to stop offering them on PCs that are still running on Windows 7 and the 8.1 version.

“Chrome 109 is the last version of Chrome that will support Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1. Chrome 110 (tentatively scheduled for release on February 7th, 2023) is the first version of Chrome that requires Windows 10 or later,” Google had mentioned last year the change, which is going to come into effect this month.

So this means you will now need a Windows 10 or 11 PC to use Chrome web browser because even though Chrome will work on these machines, you won’t get any updates from Google which puts your PC at risk of virus attacks and other security vulnerabilities. Chrome’s deadline matches Microsoft’s support for Windows 7 and 8.1 which effectively comes to and in a week’s time.

Chrome 110 has been in the works for some time now, and it was earlier planned to release in July 2021 but Google had to delay its release because of the pandemic, as the company was focused on other products at that time.

Both companies are clear in their message to the users, asking them to upgrade their system OS right away to continue using the browser with the latest version or upgrade their machines which will let them use the upcoming Chrome 110 version. It is possible that future risks can harm your PCs so having the new version running on the system is imperative.

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