Google Drive is dropping Windows 8 and 8.1 support

Google Drive, the company's cloud storage solution, is officially killing support of its desktop app for Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, as quietly announced on a support page. As of August 2023, users who would like to avoid service interruption should consider upgrading to Windows 10. The desktop app is the one that keeps all your folders synced with the cloud, so with support for this app being killed off, you should consider upgrading your operating system if you want that syncing to continue.

In addition, all 32-bit versions of Windows are also being killed off, so if you were to upgrade to a 32-bit version of Windows 10, you'd also be out of luck.

Google already killed off support for Google Chrome for Windows 8/8.1 (and Windows 7, too) back in February, so it doesn't come as a surprise that the company is looking to swiftly cease support for its services on all those legacy operating systems. If you want to sync your folders and files to the cloud, you'll have to upgrade to Windows 10 if you want to keep doing so — if you want to use Google Drive, at least.

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