Google Chrome drops support for older versions of Windows and OS X

Prasad, 11 November, 2015

Google has announced that it is dropping support for older versions of Windows and OS X on the desktop version of Chrome.

Starting April 2016, Chrome will no longer be updated on Windows XP, and Windows Vista, as well as OS X 10.6, 10.7, and 10.8. Google says these platforms are no longer being officially supported by Microsoft and Apple, and it makes sense for users to update to newer versions of these operating systems to receive the latest security updates.

To be clear, Chrome will still work on all of these platform, but won't be getting any further updates. If it's not bad enough to have an out of date operating system, it's worse to have an outdated browser that does not have the latest security patches.

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Reader comments

Anonymous
13 Nov 2015
6XU

This is not problem for Windows 7... For Windows xp users I recommend to install Coolnovo browser it is similar to Chrome...

AnonD-463876
13 Nov 2015
Y7u

Lol give it a rest already XP is dead and it's market share is gradually decreasing. Pretty soon it'll be in Vista territory.

AnonD-463876
13 Nov 2015
Y7u

I tried them, if you have any recommendations for any skins or themes I may change my mind and give it another whirl. Never said FF was a bad browser in fact its quite powerful, just not easy on the eyes. Currently I'm using Vivaldi beta on Linux and...