No more Linux games - developers switching to Valve's Proton 30 Jul 2021, 4:02 am

Ever since Valve started embracing Linux as a gaming platform back in 2012 when company added Linux support for its Steam platform, the Linux gaming has seen a dramatic increase. But now the time of the native Linux game ports is seemingly coming to an end.

And that is, actually, a quite good thing. Why?

Instead of manually porting their games from Windows / Xbox platform to Linux, several big name developers have recently announced that Valve's Proton emulation layer is now so good that there is no need to make separate Linux ports of the games.

Valve launched the Proton platform baci in 2018 and apparently it has gotten so good at running Windows games on Linux that several big name development companies have decided to cherish it. According to the developers, by using Proton, there is virtually no performance loss when running Windows games on Linux - and obviously, dropping native Linux ports completely frees up development resources for other tasks.

Proton itself is based on open-source Wine Windows emulator that allows running Windows software on Linux. But Valve has improved the Wine with its Proton, focusing solely on gaming experience and to ensure that games run on Linux - and that they actually run smoothly.

Games like A Total War Saga: Troy were about to be ported to Linux, but quite soon the developers opted to use Proton instead. Similarly, Frozenbyte is now telling players to use Proton in order to play their games.

Game developers now simply need to ensure that their games behave correctly when running on Proton rather than to develop a completely new port of the game for relatively small gaming platform that Linux is.

Obviously, the upcoming Steam Deck gaming console will speed up transition to Linux gaming, too. Steam Deck is based on Valve's customized Linux, so it is in game developers insterests to ensure their games run on Linux if they want to capitalize the huge interest the Steam Deck has already managed to create before its release.

There's a community-driven project called ProtonDB which lists major games and how well they work on Linux, using Proton emulation layer.

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Huawei drops out of phone manufacturers Top 5, even in China 29 Jul 2021, 7:26 am

Ever since United States set up its trade ban against Chinese tech giant Huawei, company's phone business has been shrinking - rapidly. Recent figures show that Huawei's phone business is almost gone by now.

Few years ago Huawei managed to become the largest phone manufacturer in the world, but only very briefly. Ever since that, Huawei has been in deep trouble with its phone business. With no access to Google's services for its Android and lack of access to Western chip patents and manufacturing, it hasn't been properly able to build even phones for its own home market where Google's services aren't used.

According to the latest market share figures by IDC, Huawei has dropped out of top 5 even in China during the Q2/2021. Huawei's market share losses have been mostly taken by other Chinese manufactuers - both in China and abroad, too. According to IDC's stats, Vivo is now the biggest phone manufacturer in China, in terms of domestic unit sales. Vivo grabbed 23.6 percent market share in Chinese market, followed by Oppo which had 21.1 percent market share.

Interestingly, previous Huawei's sub-brand, Honor has gained market share in China ever since the brand became its own, independent company. Honor sold 6.9 million phones in China and was the fifth largest manufacturer in Chinese market, with 8.9 percent market share.

Only non-Chinese brand to make it to the top 5 was Apple - Appple sold 8.6 million phones in recent quarter, getting a market share of 10.9 percent. Xiaomi was the fourth biggest player in Q2/2021.

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New version of PS5 confirmed 22 Jul 2021, 4:57 am

Sony's latest product manual for Sony Playstation 5 Digital Edition shows that the device has been revamped recently. The changes seem to be miniscule, but this marks the first hardware change to the PS5 launched in 2020.

According to the Sony's official manual, available on PlayStation's official Japanese website, the revamped model is about 0.7lbs / 300g lighter than the original model. Furthermore, the device seems to have subtle design changes for its exterior, too.



New model, dubbed as CFI-1100B isn't out there in the wild yet, so we don't know whether there are any other changes to the device. Sony has officially stated earlier this year that company is considering some changed to the inner hardware, too, in order to tackle the issues caused by global semiconductor shortage.

Sony's Playstation 5 as well as Microsoft's new Xbox line have been extremely hard to get, all over the world. In many countries, there are now official lottery systems where wannabe-console-owners can sign up for a chance to buy the new device when next shipment arrives. The slightly redesigned console was originally spotted by a Twitter user called @Renka_schedule.

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Valve announces Steam Deck, a handheld gaming device able to play Steam games 16 Jul 2021, 4:24 am

Valve's handheld gaming device has been in works for years and rumors have surrounded the project. But finally Valve has announced the final product: Steam Deck is a handheld gaming device that is able to play Steam games - and should be available just before holiday season of 2021.

Steam Deck is a Linux powered device running mostly on AMD chips. Device has a 7-inch display with 1280x800 resolution (60Hz refresh rate) and 400 nit brightness. According to Valve, Steam Deck is powerful enough to run latest so-called AAA games.

Steam Deck is powered by a quad-core Zen 2 CPU with eight threads and eight AMD RDNA 2 compute units and 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM.

Steam Deck will ship in three storage configurations:

• Basic versionhas 64 GB of eMMC storage
• Mid-range version has 256GB of NVMe SSD storage
• High-end version has 512GB of NVMe SSD storage

The lower spec version of the Steam Deck is priced at $399 in the United States and €419 in Europe, Steam Deck is expected to hit the store shelves just before the holiday season of 2021. The other versions are priced at $529 / €549 and $649 / €679, respectively.




Steam Deck has a battery life of 2 to 8 hours, depending on the game and uses USB-C port for charging. The operating system used is SteamOS 3.0 which itself is based on Linux. And for those who aren't happy with Linux-powered option, device is fully hackable, so one can install other variations of Linux - or even good olde Windows 10 to it in order to get support for games that aren't compatible with SteamOS.

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Your Netflix subscription might include games soon 15 Jul 2021, 8:12 am

According to rumors, Netflix is serious about expnading to new areas. Company has hired former EA exec to oversee its video game development department, paving way to Netflix's upcoming subscription gaming service.

Details are somewhat murky, but according to Bloomberg, Netflix is developing its own in-house game studio that is set to develop games for year 2022. The games would appear in Netflix lists, just like movies and TV shows do.

Big questions, like "what device you use to play the games?" are still completely open. But one thing seems to be clear: Netflix - for now - doesn't plan to charge extra for the games, as they'd be part of all Netflix subscriptions. But obviously, if the game part of Netflix becomes popular, it would help Netflix justify its future price increases.

Games would be streamed, which is the current trend set out by likes of Microsoft, Sony and Google's Stadia service. But as far as the controllers, etc go, nobody knows whether you're supposed to play with your TV remote or do the games need a computer and a browser in order to run them.

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Android 11 update tracker - What phones will get it? 9 Jul 2021, 2:34 pm

Android 11 was released in September, 2020. Only handful of phones in fall of 2020 were actually released with Android 11 operating system, but the list of phones announced that will get the update has grown significantly over the months.

In this list, we try to keep track of all promised, rumored and confirmed Android 11 updates to all major manufacturer phones. Some of the list is based on -Google's own list, some of the list is based on manufacturer's own announcements.

It should be remembered that even when specific phone model is promised to have an Android 11 update, it doesn't necessarily mean that your phone will get it. The models promised to get the update include typically only unlocked phones, not those customized to specific operator - it is up to operators to decide whether their custom models will get the said update or not.

Android 11 has already arrived or has been promised to arrive to these phone models:

• Google phones
• Samsung phones
• OnePlus phones
• Xiaomi phones
• Nokia phones
• Oppo phones
• Realme phones
• Sony phones
• Motorola phones
• Asus phones

Note! Honor and Huawei models are unlikely to ever get the Android 11 update. Both devices are getting EMUI 11 update, but it is based on Android 10, not on Android 11.

Google phones

• Pixel 2
• Pixel 2 XL
• Pixel 3
• Pixel 3 XL
• Pixel 3a
• Pixel 3a XL
• Pixel 4
• Pixel 4
• Pixel 4a

All the mentioned Google phones can already get the official Android 11 update.

Samsung

OTA (over-the-air) updates already available:

• Galaxy S20
• Galaxy S20+
• Galaxy S20 Ultra
• Galaxy S20 FE
• Galaxy Z Flip
• Galaxy Note 20
• Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
• Galaxy Note 10
• Galaxy Note 10+
• Galaxy S10 Lite
• Galaxy S10
• Galaxy S10+
• Galaxy S10e
• Galaxy Fold
• Galaxy Z Fold2
• Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite
• Samsung Galaxy M31
• Samsung Galaxy A51 (OTA rolled out in Europe: 5th of Feb, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy M30s
• Samsung Galaxy M21
• Samsung Galaxy M31s
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7+
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S7
• Samsung Galaxy A70
• Samsung Galaxy A51 5G
• Samsung Galaxy A71
• Samsung Galaxy A42 5G
• Samsung Galaxy M01 (28th April, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy A41 (April 28, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 (2020 model) (April 28, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy A12 (May 10, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy A02s (May 10, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy A11 (May 13, 2021)
• Samsung Galaxy M11
• Samsung Galaxy A50
• Samsung Galaxy A50s
• Samsung Galaxy A80
• Samasung Galaxy M40
• Samsung Galaxy A31
• Samsung Galaxy M11
• Samsung Galaxy A21s
• Samsung Galaxy M51
• Samsung Galaxy A70s
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite
• Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 (2020 model)
• Samsung Galaxy A30
• Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e
• Samsung Galaxy A10s
• Samsung Galaxy A20
• Samsung Galaxy A20s
• Samsung Galaxy A30s
• Samsung Galaxy M10s
• Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 (2019 model)

June 2021:

• Samsung Galaxy M01 Core

August 2021:

• Samsung Galaxy A10
• Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2019 model)

Schedule listed here is official Samsung schedule, but might change over the time. We'll update the list accordingly, if needed. For more info, see Samsung Android update policy.

OnePlus

For these models, official, open Android 11 is already available:

• OnePlus 8 Pro
• OnePlus 8
• OnePlus Nord
• OnePlus 7T Pro
• OnePlus 7T
• OnePlus 7 Pro
• OnePlus 7

For these OnePlus models, Android 11 beta version can be installed:

• McLaren Edition OnePlus 7T Pro
• OnePlus 7 Pro 5G
• OnePlus 6T
• OnePlus 6

For these models, Android 11 will be released later this year:

• OnePlus 6T McLaren Edition
• OnePlus Nord N10 5G
• OnePlus Nord N100

Furthermore, OnePlus 8T, 9 and 9 Pro shipped with Android 11.

Xiaomi

Android 11 is available for these Xiaomi models:

• Xiaomi POCO F2 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 10
• Xiaomi Mi A3
• Xiaomi Mi 10 Lite 5G
• Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S
• POCO X3
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Lite
• Redmi K30 Pro
• Redmi K30 5G
• Redmi K30i 5G
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10
• Xiaomi Mi Note 10 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite
• Redmi Note 8
• Xiaomi Mi 10T
• Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro
• Redmi K20
• POCO X2
• Redmi Note 9 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 10 Ultra
• Xiaomi Mi 9 SE
• Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G
• Redmin K30 Pro Zoom
• Redmi 10X 4G
• Redmi K30S Ultra
• Redmi Note 9 Pro 5G
• Xiaomi Mi 10i

Android 11 is promised for these models, but not available yet:

• Xiaomi Mi 10 Youth Edition
• Xiaomi Mi 9
• Xiaomi Mi 9 Pro
• Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
• Xiaomi Mi 9T
• Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
• Redmi K30
• Redmi K20 Pro
• Redmi Note 9
• Redmi Note 9 Pro Max
• Redmi 10X Pro
• Redmi 10X 5G
• Redmi 9
• Redmi 9C
• Redmi 9A
• POCO M2 Pro
• POCO C3

For more information, see Xiaomi Android update policy.

Nokia

Android 11 is available for these Nokia models:

• Nokia 8.3 5G (available from 2nd of Feb, 2021)
• Nokia 3.2 (OTA rolled out 03/2021)
• Nokia 8.1
• Nokia 2.3
• Nokia 4.2
• Nokia 2.2
• Nokia 2.4
• Nokia 1 Plus

These models will get Android 11, according to the manufacturer HMD Global:

• Nokia 9 PureView (Q2/2021)
• Nokia 7.2 (Q1-Q2/2021)
• Nokia 6.2 (Q1-Q2/2021)
• Nokia 5.3 (Q4/2020 - Q1/2021)
• Nokia 3.4 (Q1/2021)
• Nokia 1.3 (Q1/2021)

(Nokia update schedule is based on Nokia Android 11 update plan). Note: Nokia has slipped with its promised timeline, as of July, 2021 and we don't know exactly when the remaining devices will get the Android 11.

OPPO

These OPPO models have Android 11 available:

• Find X2
• Oppo F17 Pro
• Oppo Reno 4 4G
• Oppo F11 Pro
• Oppo A9

These OPPO phones will get Android 11:

• Find X2 Pro
• Reno 3
• Reno 3 Pro

Realme

These Realme models already have open Android 11 beta available:

• Realme X50 Pro

For these Realme phone models, Android 11 will be released, but later:

• Realme X50
• Realme X3
• Realme X2 Pro
• Realme X2
• Realme XT
• Realme X
• Realme 7 Pro
• Realme 7
• Realme 6 Pro
• Realme 6
• Realme 6i
• Realme 6S
• Realme 5
• Realme 5 Pro
• Realme 5i
• Realme 5s
• Realme 3 Pro
• Realme 3
• Realme Narzo 10
• Realme Narzo 10A

Sony

These Sony phones already have OTA Android 11 update:

• Sony Xperia 1 II (released in December, 2020)
• Sony Xperia 1 (February 2021)
• Sony Xperia 5 II (January 2021)
• Sony Xperia 5 (February 2021)
• Sony Xperia 10 II (January 2021)

Motorola

These Motorola models have Android 11 OTA update available:

• Moto G Pro (February 2021)
• Moto G Stylus
• Moto G8
• Moto G8 Power
• Motorola edge
• Motorola edge+
• Motorola razr 5G
• Motorola One Hyper
• Motorola One Action

This is the official list of Motorola phones that will get Android 11 update:

• Lenovo K12 Note
• Motorola razr
• Motorola One 5G
• Motorola One Action
• Motorola One Fusion
• Motorola One Fusion Plus
• Motorola One Vision
• Moto G 5G
• Moto G 5G Plus
• Moto G9
• Moto G9 Play
• Moto G9 Plus
• Moto G9 Power
• Moto G Power

Asus phones

For these Asus phones, the stable Android 11 is already available:

• Asus Zenfone 6 (released in end of year 2020 in some countries, most othher countries in February, 2021)
• Asus Zenfone 7 Pro (OTA rolled out in end of March, 2021)
• Asus Zenfone 7 (OTA rolled out in end of March, 2021)

These Asus phones will get the Android 11, as promised by Asus:

• Asus ROG Phone 3

Huawei phones

As Huawei has been on U.S. blacklist since 2019, company hasn't been able to get official updates from Google. Huawei has rolled out EMUI 11 for its phones, but EMUI 11 is not - despite its name - based on Android 11, but instead, based on Android 10.

Are we missing something? Let us know in comments! And for more Android update details, visit Android Update Tracker.

EDIT 23rd of Feb, 2021: Updated list for Samsung, OnePlus, Xiaomi, Sony, Nokia and Motorola

EDIT 26th of Feb, 2021: Updated Motorola's status

EDIT 1st of March, 2021: OnePlus Nord updated to Android 11 as of today.

EDIT 26th, March, 2021: OnePlus 7T Pro, several Samsung models, Nokia 3.2, Moto G8 and Moto G8 Power updated to have stable Android 11 available for them. Also, Xiaomi Mi 10T and Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro hhave it, updated accordingly. Added Asus phones to the list.

EDIT 15th of April, 2021: Updated the status for several Motorola, Nokia and OnePlus models.

EDIT 16th of May, 2021: Updated Motorola and Samsung statuses.

EDIT 9th of July, 2021: Updated Xiaomi, Nokia, OnePlus and Samsung status.

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OnePlus finally releases Android 11 beta for OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6 9 Jul 2021, 2:14 pm

Owners of OnePlus year 2018 models have been waiting quite some time these news. Company finally released the first official beta version of Android 11 for its OnePlus 6 and OnePlus 6T models.

OnePlus 6 was originally released back in May, 2018 with Android Oreo. Since then, the phone has received updates to Android P and Android 10 - and now, finally, the first beta version for Android 11.

According to OnePlus Android update policy, the Android 11 will also be the last major update for OnePlus 6 series phones.

OnePlus has been traditionally exceptionally good providing timely updates for its phones, but after the release of Android 11, company has failed to deliver. Currently, several OnePlus phones are still waiting for the official Android 11 update and to make matters worse, many OnePlus 7 series users have been very unhappy with the Android 11 they've received.

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GitHub releses Copilot - an AI that codes for you 30 Jun 2021, 10:47 am

GitHub has released an AI-powered coding assistant that can actually write code for you. Dubbed as GitHub Copilot, the new AI tool might transform the way programmers do their work.

Jointly developed by GitHub and OpenAI, the Copilot uses OpenAI Codex AI platform. The AI has been pre-fed with thousands of open source code projects, drawing from vast code repository that GitHub itself is. By using the source material. Copilot has learned how to write code, entire functions and even entire algorithms.

Basically, Copilot can understand even very short hints, like a function call and determine what that function should do - and then write the entire function on its own. So, it is not your dad's old auto-fill service that is available on all code editors, but a really a tool that could take out the most mundane parts of any programming.

Copilot also supports basically all the known programming languages, as programming itself tends ot follow the same rules, regardless of the actual language used. GitHub says that currently it works best for most used languages, such as TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Go and JavaScript. What is even more impressive is the fact that Copilot adapts to each programmer's own programming style and tried to generate code that resembles the programmer's coding style - making the code more readable for its "main pilot".

Copilot can write entire functions, but it can also take a look at an entire code and suggest to replace it with more sophisticated way to perform the same task. Luckily, the "main pilot" is still in charge and can modify the Copilot's output as wished.

As it is powered by an AI and machine learning, Copilot will get better each time it is used and each time it gathers more data from source codes. While predicting future is always tough, it could be easily guessed that Copilot and similar tools will perform huge chunk of day-to-day programming tasks in few years' time - leaving programmers more time to focus on architecture of the software instead.

GitHub Copilot is currently in closed beta, but GitHub plans to launch it once the beta testing is over. Currently the Copilot is limited to Visual Studio Code editor and it can only look at one file at the time, so it wont be able to understand the dependencies between various project files. Both of those limitations are going to be lifted in future.

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Brexit allows BT to reintroduce roaming fees - and it does so 24 Jun 2021, 1:01 pm

After the United Kingdom's separation from the Europen Union was finally finalized in January, 2021, the European Union legislations ceased to restrict British corporations. And now, at least one of them, is taking an advantage of the situation.

Back in 2017, European Union introduced a legislation that abolished roaming fees across the Europen Union. Basically this meant that any European citizen could travel to other EU country and use their existing mobile phone contract there, without any extra fees. Calling, texting and data usage cost the same as you'd pay when staying at your own home, even when you're travelling abroad.

Since the Brexit, UK hasn't been part of the European Union and thus, the European legislation doesn't force the hands of its local operators anymore. One of the major operators, British Telecom assured its customers for years that if the brexit would happen, it wouldn't re-introduce roaming fees for British travellers.

Now, company has decided to do exactly that. Starting in 2022, British Telecom's mobile network, EE, customers will have to pay a £2 daily fee in order to use their text, call or data packages when travelling in Europe.

Before the EU's 2017 legislation, British consumers paid £350 million in roaming fees to their operators. So, now at least one operator is bringing back its good old cash cow.

BT has said that the roaming fee will be introduced to all EU member states, but excludes the Republic of Ireland.

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Windows 11 unveiled: UI completely redesigned, free for Windows 10 users 24 Jun 2021, 12:48 pm

Microsoft finally unveiled its latest operating system, Windows 11, today. The user interface has been completely redesgined, but other major changes occurred, too.

Most visibily, the taskbar of Windows 11 looks totally different from anything we've seen in Windows. It is actually taken mostly from abandoned Windows 10X operating system project that Microsoft had in its plans for light-weight computers. As 10X was eventually scrapped, the UX changes of it made their way to new Windows 11.





One of the most significant changes is the fact that Windows 11 wont support 32-bit CPUs anymore: it is 64-bit only. The entire minimum requirement sheet is:

• 64-bit CPU, with minimum of 1GHz
• at least two CPU cores
• 64GB of storage
• 4GB of RAM
• UEFI-compatible BIOS and motherboard
• at least 9" display, with 1366x768 resolution or better
• DirectX 12 compatible graphics

The new operating system will be completely free for existing Windows 10 users. The update will start rolling out to consumer PCs in fall 2021, but Windows Insider beta testers can download the pre-release version on early next week.

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Finally some clarity: Honor phones will be supported by Huawei, new ones by Honor 24 Jun 2021, 7:54 am

After Huawei was put on United States' black list back in 2019, the company's phone business has been in rather chaotic state. Finally, in late 2020, Huawei had to sell its sub-brand, Honor, in order to get some much-needed cash and to save at least part of the company's phone business.

Since Honor was spun off, the question about the Honor phones' support has been open: who will provide support for Honor phones sold before the spin-off? Now, there are finally some answers.

According to Finnish mobile news site, SuomiMobiili, older Honor phones will be supported by Huawei, permanently, and only the new Honor phones will be supported by Honor itself. SuomiMobiili approached Honor's Finnish subsdiary directly and got straight answers to its questions about the Honor phone support.

Speicifically, all Honor phones released on or after 1st of April, 2021 will be supported by Honor - everything released before that date, will be supported by Huawei.

What this means? It means that Honor phones released before April, 2021, most likely will never get the Google-poweered Android updates, namely, Android 11 or Android 12. Instead, they will get Huawei's EMUI updates, just as Huawei's own phones. Huawei's EMUI 11 is not - despite its name - based on Android 11 and it seems highly likely that Android 11 will never arrive to Huawei phones nor older Honor phones.

New Honor phones, released after April, 2021, will have full Google services available to them and will get normal Android updates, including Android 11, Android 12 and beyond.

First Honor phones to be within Google's realm are Honor 50 series phones, including Honor 50 and Honor 50 Pro.

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Google crashing on your Android phone? You're not alone - here's how to fix it 22 Jun 2021, 5:40 am

Google has once again managed to mess up its flagship product's update on Android phones. Thousands of users across the globe have reported that Google's search app on Android is crashing constantly. So, no, its not you, its the Google.

The problem has been observed with Google's app versions 12.23.16.23.arm64 and 12.22.8.23. Problem seems to be affecting users with various manufacturers, ranging from Samsung, Google's own Pixel phones to Sony phones.

According to Google, the issue should be cleared after phone restart, but according to reports, this hasn't helped everybody.

To fix the problem for now, navigate to your phone's Settings and go to Settings > Apps > Google. There, tap the three dots in the upper corner and choose Remove updates. This should fix the problem until Google releases an official patch to the problem.

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iPhone users: Do not join WiFi network named like this - your WiFi wont work after this 20 Jun 2021, 6:45 am

Security expert Carl Schou has spotted an interesting bug in Apple's iPhone WiFi connectivity. Joining to a specifically named WiFi network will freeze the phone's entire WiFi connectivity - permanently.

After user joins such network, the WiFi connections freeze completely and not even rebooting the phone will fix the problem. Neither will disabling WiFi and turning it on again. Only solution is to reset all iPhone's network connections completely through iPhone's settings, which will wipe out all the stored WiFi passwords and settings.

After joining my personal WiFi with the SSID "%p%s%s%s%s%n", my iPhone permanently disabled it's WiFi functionality. Neither rebooting nor changing SSID fixes it :~) pic.twitter.com/2eue90JFu3

-- Carl Schou (@vm_call) June 18, 2021

The problem exists also in Apple iPad tablets and behaves similarly. Apple hasn't released a fix to the problem yet.

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Now it pretty sure: Windows 11 will replace Windows 10, Win10 support will end in 2025 14 Jun 2021, 8:41 am

Rumors surrounding the upcoming Windows event on 24th of June have been pretty wild lately. There has been speculation whether Microsoft will actually roll back on its promise that the Windows 10 would be the last Windows ever. Now, it seems that Windows 10 will, in deed, get a successor.

Microsoft's own Windows product page now lists the end of life date for Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Home editions. Both operating systems are listed to reach their end of support life in 2025. This is pretty solid proof that Microsoft is about to release Windows 11 next week.



When Microsoft released Windows 10 back in July, 2015, the company stated that it would be the "last Windows ever". Since then, company has kept its promise and has simply provided big feature updates to its operating system in form of semi-annual big update packs. But now, it seems that the Redmond giant has something so big in pipeline that it wont be just another update, but an entire new operating system version.

UPDATE: Windows 11 officially released

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AfterDawn's 22nd birthday 10 Jun 2021, 12:31 pm

Yes. As unbelievable as it is, its been exactly 22 years since our site was officially launched back in June, 1999.

Back then, majority of the online users connected to the internet using 56k modems and 2G phones were just getting popular. Texting wasn't available in most of the U.S. networks. AltaVista was the biggest search engine...

Yes, technologies have changed over the years. Our site has evolved accordingly. We've seen the good times and bad times - and are unfortunately somewhat experiencing one of those bad times for our dear old site as of now. But as with everything that has happened during the past 22 years, we'll adapt.

I wont go into details of our past further, as I covered our site's history pretty extensively two years ago when our site turned 20. Instead, as always, I'd like to thank all of you. I'd like to thank my coworkers and my co-founders for all these years we've spent together building this site. And obviously, I'd like to thank all of our employees - past and present - for all the hard work they've put into AfterDawn. And last but not least, I'd like to thank all of you: our users, visitors and moderators who have continued to support our site from year after year.

Thank you,

-Petteri Pyyny, CEO
AfterDawn

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