Microsoft has announced Windows 10 will receive security updates, bug fixes and new features till the end of 2025. The software giant has published the lifecycle of the new operating system which states the mainstream support will end at the 13th of October 2020 while extended support ends at the 14th of October 2025.
Previous Windows versions that were in the extended support stage only received security updates. In case of Windows 10 the updates are cumulative, with each update built upon all of the updates that preceded it. Computers that want to continue to receive security updates will need to install all the latest Windows 10 updates to remain supported.
Microsoft previously announced that Windows 10 will be the last Windows version and that it will continuously add new features to the OS. Windows follower Ed Bott speculates that Windows 10's lifecycle might be extended the coming 2 years. Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 ends on respectively the 14th of January 2020 and the 20th of January 2023.
