The Windows Phone Store will shut down on December 16

guest · Oct 16, 2019

The Windows Phone Store will shut down on December 16
October 16, 2019
https://www.neowin.net/news/the-windows-phone-store-will-shut-down-on-december-16

Support for Windows Phone 8.1 ended back in July 2017, and while it doesn't receive updates anymore (and wasn't for a long time before that), Microsoft is still shutting down the rest of the things that made it tick. Now, the Redmond company has updated a support page to reflect that the Windows Phone Store will be shut down beginning on December 16.

The Microsoft Store on Windows 10 Mobile still works, even though as the support document clearly states, the OS isn't supported anymore.
Anyway, if you're still on Windows Phone 8.1, Microsoft is recommending that you move to Windows 10 Mobile if you've got an eligible device. Still, it's probably time to move on to iOS or Android.
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guest · Dec 16, 2019

The Windows Phone Store shuts down today
December 16, 2019
https://www.neowin.net/news/the-windows-phone-store-shuts-down-today

It's been nearly a year and a half since support ended for Windows Phone 8.1, not that it had even received an update for a couple of years before that. Of course, when support ends, the device still works, although services begin to get shut down. One of those services is the Windows Store.

As Microsoft announced in October, the Store for Windows Phone 8.1 is shutting down today, and you can no longer download apps.
The apps you have will continue to work, but if you do a factory reset on your phone, you won't be able to get them back. The only way to continue getting apps on your phone is to upgrade it to Windows 10 Mobile.

Luckily, there's a way to still get Windows 10 Mobile, assuming that your phone is supported for the upgrade. You can use the Over-the-Cable Updater tool that Microsoft provides.
Windows 10 Mobile, of course, isn't supported either, but at least you'll have more working services.
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