BlackBerry will pull support for BlackBerryOS phones on January 4th

Blackberry Years ago BlackBerry stopped making its popular QWERTY keypad-featuring BlackBerryOS phones, but the devices still had software support. However it is not going to last long. The company has now announced that it is officially ending support for BlackBerryOS devices on January 4th of this year.

BlackBerry has announced that BlackBerry phones running BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier BlackBerry 10 software will no longer receive legacy services after January 4 this year. This means that these phones may lose basic functionality like calling and texting.

“We thank our many loyal customers and partners over the years and invite you to learn more about how BlackBerry is providing intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world,” BlackBerry said in a new blog post. provides.”

BlackBerry also ended support for its popular BlackBerry Messenger service (BBM) in 2019. The company will also stop supporting its tablet operating systems such as BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions of it.

was blackberry ready to return As per its new announcement in 2020. After being dropped by TCL in early 2020, BlackBerry announced a licensing partnership with OnwardMobility and FIH Mobile Ltd. Foxconn Technology Group to bring new smartphones with nostalgic QWERTY keypad.

However, there has been no update on it since then. How the new developments affect the return of the company remains to be seen. Announced the launch with the new phone Android software, so the return of BlackberryOS is out of the question. More details about these phones may come later.

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