Microsoft has quietly announced that it will cease adding new features to Microsoft 365 (Office) for Windows 10 users starting in August 2026. While security updates will remain available until October 2028, functional updates will begin to be phased out as early as next year, according to The Verge.
For Microsoft 365 Personal and Family users, new Office features for Windows 10 will stop being delivered in August 2026, coinciding with the end of support for business users on the Current Channel. Subsequently, on October 13, 2026, new features will cease for Monthly Enterprise Channel users, and by January 12, 2027, for Semi-Annual Enterprise Channel users.
Earlier this year, Microsoft had already abandoned its earlier plan to completely stop security updates for Office on Windows 10, agreeing to extend them until 2028. However, at that time, the company did not indicate that from 2026 new Office features would only be available on Windows 11.
This marks another step by Microsoft towards ending support for Windows 10, which will officially conclude on October 14, 2025. After this date, Office updates will remain available only in the form of security patches without new features.
While Microsoft is actively urging users to upgrade to Windows 11, millions of devices worldwide still operate on Windows 10. Even though Windows 11 recently surpassed Windows 10 in usage share, the transition remains slow. For home users, Microsoft has offered the option to continue receiving security updates for free for another year if they activate the Windows Backup feature.
