Next year Chrome browser will no longer support Windows XP system

Google Chrome team announced on Thursday that even though the company was originally prepared to give up support for Windows XP this month, it was decided that it will still be scheduled before the end of 2015. Provide version updates and security patches for users who use the Chrome browser on this system.

“We know that not everyone can easily upgrade to a newer operating system. & rdquo; Google Chrome Engineering Director Mark · Mark Larson writes, “There are millions of people in the world who use XP computers every day. We hope that these people will also be able to use the latest browsers and be as secure as possible on unsupported systems. " Although Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP for consumers in 2009, it also announced in April last year that it would stop supporting the system for enterprises, but there are still millions of users using the system every day. According to market research firm estimates, XP's current global market share is still as high as 12% to 19%.

Using outdated systems and browsers with potential security risks are vulnerable to hacking, but fortunately Chrome and Firefox will still provide version update services for XP —— unfortunately, among these users Many people may still be using IE8 browsers.