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.

Valve's reasoning for dropping Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 is due to Steam relying on an embedded version of Google Chrome, which no longer functions on older versions of Windows.

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.

Google has announced it will end Chrome support on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 early next year. Chrome 110, which is scheduled for release on February 7th, will not work on either of the operating ...

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 7 and 8 keys can no longer activate any Windows 11 edition or version, not just Canary builds, as reported in September. However, Windows 10 keys are still valid.