Note that Windows 10 is still considered a relatively new and up-to-date operating system. Therefore, it will be possible to use it and receive security updates for the next few years. From now on, only emergency patches will be released with the elimination of critical vulnerabilities, if any.

Windows 10’s “death” date

Support for Windows 10 across all editions (Home, Pro and Pro Education and Pro for Workstations) will end in three years – in October 2025.

To receive updates before this deadline, you need to install a new version of the operating system, because previous versions of Windows 10 will lose support much faster:

• 21H1 – 13 December 2022.
• 21H2 – June 13, 2023.
• 20H2 has not been updated since May of this year.

Currently, Microsoft is focused on the development of Windows 11, so it doesn’t add new features to Windows 10, it just releases patches regularly to fix bugs and vulnerabilities.