Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP early past year but a number of organisations are still using the outdated operating system.
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If you have the latest version of Chrome installed on a computer running one of those operating systems, it’ll continue to run indefinitely. Starting April 2016, Chrome will continue to function on these platforms but will no longer receive updates and security fixes. This is because Google was generally in sync with Apple’s default strategy of only supporting the three most recent OS X versions.
While Google would probably prefer users to move on to Chromebooks for their Chrome needs, it might be safe to say, the company would prefer users to upgrade to Windows 7, 8, or 10 soon. Google had said it would end Chrome support for XP by the end of 2015, but it looks like it has extended the deadline.
“We strongly encourage users on older, unsupported platforms such as Windows XP to update to a supported, secure operating system”, said Google’s Marc Pawliger, Director of Engineering.
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It still means a change for Mac OS X users on older operating systems that have continued to enjoy Chrome support, indicating that at a few point next year Google will stop supporting Chrome on OS X 10.9 Mavericks and will do likewise for Chrome on OS X 10.10 Yosemite the year after. Sure, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft apps aren’t getting software updates anymore, but there’s always Google Chrome, right?
