In the past year, Microsoft has recognized, that the further development of Windows Phone platform is not interested in her more, and the owners of millions of phones based on it should just throw them, since no new software, these mobile devices will never get. Today, the American IT-company in its official community reported, that 20 February 2018 of the year, that is, already from tomorrow, Smartphone owners will not sweet to "windsurfing".
In particular, beginning with 20 Feb. owners of smartphones running Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0 no longer receive Push-Notification, because Microsoft has decided to disable them. It means, that all the notifications of the messengers, social networks, and any other places will simply stop working. Also in the announcement for the owners based on these OS phones said, that from now on the "Find My Phone" will not work, because the server, responsible for its operation, soon they will be disabled.
Microsoft says, that life support operating system Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0 expiration, so their support is beginning to fold in any form. Use the Push-notifications can still owners of smartphones based on WP 8.1 or a new operating system in the face of Windows 10 Mobile. However, if guided by the logic of the corporation, then soon the owners of phones under their management may be left without a working notification system, and a number of other very useful features.
How not cool, Microsoft strongly again summed up the owners of smartphones based on Windows Phone, because even Apple company still provides support for Push-notifications on smartphones, вроде iPhone 3Gs, although it is based on the operating system iOS 6, since the release of which has been more than five years. Owners of phones WP 7.0 and WP 8.0 should think about upgrading to a new operating system, or, if it does not, You have to buy a new smartphone, running Android or iOS device.
