Microsoft has announced it will end support for Windows 10 in 2025.
In an update on a product support page, Microsoft said that Home, Pro, Pro Education and Pro for Workstations version of the operating system will be retired in October 2015, which will be 10 years after it first launched. There is no date to indicate when the update was made public.
Windows 10 was, at times, branded the last Windows iteration, with Microsoft expected to constantly roll out updates and new features rather than release whole new versions.
Microsoft said it will continue to support at least one semi-annual channel, which see new features released for Windows 10 twice a year, until the October date.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has scheduled a virtual event for 24 June where it will reveal “what’s next for Windows”. Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, is set to feature.
Nadella also alluded to the “next generation of Windows” during his keynote at the vendor’s Build developer conference last month, although he was tight-lipped on what this entails.
“Soon, we will share one of the most significant updates to Windows of the past decade to unlock greater economic opportunity for developers and creators,” he said.
“I’ve been self-hosting it over the past several months and I’m incredibly excited about the next generation of Windows.
“Our promise to you is this: we will create more opportunity for every Windows developer today and welcome every creator who is looking for the most innovative, new, open platform to build and distribute and monetise applications.
“We look forward to sharing more very soon.”
