Google Chrome 120, whose stable version will be released on December 6, 2023, will not support devices running Android 7 Nougat. In this respect reports Android Police cited a post on the Chrome Enterprise website.
Thus, version 119 of Google Chrome will be the final version for Android 7 Nougat. This operating system accounts for approximately 2.6% of all Android users, or approximately 78 million devices.
Android Police writes that Android 6 Marshmallow suffered a similar fate almost a year ago. The latest version of the browser for this version of Google’s operating system was Chrome number 106.
Android 7.0, also known as Android Nougat, shipped with the original Google Pixel smartphone in 2016. “This was a turning point in Google’s desire to gain a foothold not only in the software market, but also in the hardware space,” writes Android Police.
In comparison, Android 6 Marshmallow was released in 2015.
Android 13 previously had a 22.4% user share happened Google’s most popular operating system.