#windows 10 mobile end of support

It's now official: Microsoft is ending its Windows 10 Mobile operating system this year. The Redmond giant has announced in a support page that it will stop providing updates for the mobile platform later this year. Once the date hits December 10, 2019, the company will stop seeding security fixes and updates to all supported handsets with Windows 10 Mobile including its Enterprise editions. Microsoft urges its Windows 10 Mobile users to make the switch to Android or iOS, and install the company's own apps through their respective app stores. Windows 10's mobile platform has long been known to be dead, such as the incident that its own VP for Windows Hardware, Joe Belfiore, indirectly claimed that making new phones bearing the platform isn't much of a priority. Microsoft last seeded a Windows 10 update to supported handsets in October 2017, which made it a lot easier for the company to arrive at this decision. To keep those legacy machines safe from potential threats, the tech giant introduced the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program last year, allowing personal account users to opt into continued patch coverage. Since Windows 10 was supposed to be retired at the end of 2025, the 1-year extension program was originally scheduled to reach its absolute end on October 12, 2026. Read more in our articles including "Microsoft to end support for Windows 10 Mobile" and "Microsoft extends Windows 10 lifespan for another year... again".