Microsoft has announced that the company will be retiring the Microsoft Teams support on mobiles running older versions of the Android operating system. This will ONLY affect Android 5, Android 6, and Android 7 devices. If you are using any of these versions, Microsoft Teams will soon start prompting you to upgrade to newer Android builds.

 

In a notification sent by the company, Microsoft announced the retirement dates of Microsoft Teams for each Android version mentioned above. The dates are as follows.

 

Microsoft Teams support to retire on these Android devices

 

Microsoft Teams for older Android mobiles will retire on these dates

  • Android 5 – The retirement of Android 5 will start in early March () and be completed by mid-March
  • Android 6 – The retirement of Android 6 will start in early July () and be completed by mid-July. There will be no active development and bug fixes for this OS version after that, but Microsoft will continue to provide the last supported version in the play store till September 2022.
  • Android 7 – The retirement of Android 7 will start in early September () and be completed by mid-Sept. There will be no active development and bug fixes on the build after that, but Microsoft will continue to provide the last supported version in the play store till December 2022.

 

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