Google commits to updating Chrome for Windows XP users for another 8 months

Windows. You either love it or you hate it, and if you love it, there’s a roughly 1-in-10 chance that you love it so much you couldn’t bear to move away from Windows XP. An operating system so old that even Microsoft has quit supporting it. Luckily, Google feels different about the 11% of worldwide computers believed to still use Windows XP.  The search giant has announced that it plans to continue supporting the ageing operating system with new builds of its Chrome browser.

The announcement of a further 8 months worth of support in the form of Chrome builds means that Windows XP users can breathe a sigh of relief, at least until the end of 2015. Still, at least it means that they are able to browse the internet “as safe as possible on an unsupported operating system.”

Google has urged Windows XP users to upgrade to a secure operating system, with Linux and rather unsurprisingly, its own Chrome OS were mentioned as viable alternatives. Google does recognize though that not everyone is in the position to upgrade the operating system. This can be due to a variety of reasons ranging from lack of finances, the need to use certain programs that are only compatible with Windows XP to simply not being technically able to install a new OS.

If you are still using Windows XP, how do you feel about another 8 months worth of Chrome builds?

Source: Chromium Blog
Via: OMGChrome

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