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October 25, 2021
Microsoft announces retirement dates for Microsoft Teams for Android
Microsoft has announced the dates when they will end support for Microsoft Teams for older versions of Android.
The dates are as follows:
- Android 5 – Android 5 retirement will begin in early March (3/1/2022) and will be completed in mid-March
- Android 6 – Android 6 retirement will begin in early July (7/1/2022) and will be completed in 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 until September 2022.
- Android 7 – Android 7 retirement will begin in early September (9/1/2022) and will be completed in mid-September. 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 until December 2022.
Microsoft says they recommend users upgrade to newer Android builds. They will also encourage users to update to the latest version of Teams if they are using builds older than 1 year.
Source: mspoweruser
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