Last year, Microsoft announced when it would be killing app updates and distribution in the Windows Store for Windows Phone 8.x and Windows 8.x. At the time, the blog post stated that Windows Phone 8.x devices would stop receiving app updates after July 1, 2019, while Windows 8.x devices would get app updates through July 1, 2023.
However, it seems as though plans have changed a little bit, as the blog post has quietly been updated earlier this month. As spotted by Nawzil on Twitter, Microsoft has changed the wording in the post to state that Windows 8 devices will stop getting updates for their apps at the same time as Windows Phone 8.x, that is, July 1 of this year. Windows 8.1 devices will continue to receive updates through the previously announced date in 2023.
Not entirely surprising, and this will affect pretty much nobody since Windows 8.1 is a free update.
I know that this whole thing is very confusing (I read all the blogs linked, and the official announcements, and I’m still dizzy), but 8.1 is also getting updates stopped.
That means that anyone in all versions of 8 will have to move to another device or operating system.
Only existing applications in the 8.1 store will receive updates.
You are incorrect, the ONLY thing that will no longer get updates wrt the desktop OS is the Live Tiles, which frankly most users have likely never used. The desktop OS itself will continue to get security updates until 2023, just as its listed in the Windows roadmap.
That sucks, my trusty Nokia 2520 will no longer be useful, nnnnnooooo. Thankfully, I’ve already replaced it over 5 times already, with the newest being a Thinkpad X1 tablet.
The point being, who gives a rats ass, I mean seriously, if you are runnying Windows 8 today, I have absolutely zero empathy for you, foreshame sir, foreshame.