Microsoft is eliminating support for its Chromos rival Windows 11 SE. In October 2026, the company will officially stop providing “software updates, technical support and security fixes”. Avian.
When it was announced in 2021, Windows 11 was developed as an easy, lightweight version of the Microsoft operating system for the SE classroom. Chromebooks and chromeos devices are widely used in schools around the world, so it makes sense that Microsoft would like to offer some competitiveness. Windows 11 SE, and the surface laptop SE, as well as launched, was the company’s latest effort to do so.
Clearly, the project did not work, as Microsoft’s decision to shut down Windows 11 SE after five years is evidence. The operating system was available on other low -cost devices, but it does not happen that it received almost SAME’s audiences of the same size like Chromos. If that were it, Microsoft would not possibly throw it so seriously.
Windows 11 SE is not the first time that Microsoft has tried to spin off the more efficient version of Windows, though it seems to be the most thought. For example, the company has also tested Windows 10 S (which lives as “S mode” in Windows 11) and a systematic version of Windows, never launched Windows 10 X for double screen devices.
Although Microsoft will operate Windows 11 SE devices after the October 2026 kit, the company “recommends transfer to a device that supports another Windows 11 edition to ensure constant help and security.”
