Microsoft will halt new Office features for Windows 10 in 2026

Microsoft has softly revealed that it volition halt adding caller features to Office apps (Microsoft 365) for Windows 10 users successful August 2026. While information updates volition stay successful spot for Office apps moving connected Windows 10 until October 2028, Microsoft volition chopped disconnected caller diagnostic enactment gradually adjacent year.

Microsoft 365 Personal and Family users volition stop getting caller features connected Windows 10 successful August 2026, alongside Current Channel users connected the concern side. Microsoft past plans to chopped disconnected caller Office features for monthly endeavor transmission users connected Windows 10 connected October 13th 2026, followed by the aforesaid for semi-annual endeavor transmission users connected January 12th 2027.

Microsoft was forced to execute a U-Turn connected information updates for Office apps connected Windows 10 earlier this year, but astatine the clip it didn’t uncover that caller features would beryllium chopped disconnected starting successful 2026. The alteration means you’ll person to upgrade to Windows 11 to get the latest Microsoft 365 features. Windows 10 goes extremity of beingness connected October 14th, and Microsoft has committed to delivering information updates for Office apps connected Windows 10 until October 10th, 2028.

Microsoft has been trying to person Windows 10 users to upgrade to Windows 11 up of the extremity of enactment cutoff successful October, but determination are inactive millions of devices moving the OS — contempt Windows 11 yet overtaking Windows 10 arsenic the astir utilized desktop OS. Consumers tin besides widen security updates enactment for different year, escaped of complaint if you’re consenting to alteration Windows Backup.