Support for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 officially ended earlier this year. Popular applications have also announced that they have started to withdraw their support from these operating systems. Finally, Google’s cloud storage service Drive’s Windows 8 and 8.1 announced that it will retire the app.
Google Drive will not be available on Windows 8 and 32-bit operating systems
Released in 2012, Windows 8 and 8.1 received mixed reviews for being significantly different from the classic interface. Targeting touch-based devices, Microsoft has left behind mouse and keyboard support. However, old operating systems are shelved completely.
Cloud storage service Google Drive has decided to unplug its Windows 8 and 8.1 app. This application provided folder transfer between computer and cloud. With the end of Drive support, users were forced to switch to Windows 10 or 11.
Another popular application has stopped support for Windows 7 and 8!
Mozilla Firefox has ended support for Windows 7 and 8/8.1. This indicates that the app will not receive any further updates.
In addition to Windows 8 and 8.1, Google Drive is no longer available for Windows at all. Will not support 32 bit version. So even if you are using the 32-bit version of Windows 10, you will not be able to use the cloud storage service.
The tech giant announced that it will phase out Windows 8 and 8.1 at the beginning of 2023. These two operating systems, abandoned by Microsoft to their fate, will not receive Google Chrome updates from next year.
In addition, a similar statement came from Mozilla recently. According to the latest announcement from Mozilla Support, Firefox version 115 will be available for Windows 7 and 8/8.1 until September 2024. Then the servers will be shut down.
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