Microsoft Ends Windows 8.1 Support Today, Here’s What That Means The end of support means the operating system will be vulnerable to security risks. Users should upgrade immediately.

Microsoft Edge will drop support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 after the release of version 109 on January 12th, 2023.

Steam is dropping older versions of Windows after Microsoft earlier this year ended security updates and tech support for Windows 7 and 8.1. Microsoft began ending support for Windows 7 in 2020.