In the description of the recent release of Chrome 119 on the Google tech support site, they found Chrome on Android will no longer support Android Nougat / Chrome Enterprise and Education Help unpleasant news for users of smartphones and tablets with an older version of the system: starting with Chrome 120, the browser will not support Android 7 and 7.1 (Nougat).
Although Android 7 was introduced back in 2016, as of October 2023, 2.6% of Android devices are running on Android 7.0 and 7.1. It sounds modest, but it is important to keep in mind that there are approximately 3.6 billion active Android users in the world The Rise of Android: Why is Android Successful? (Source: https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-android-users-are-there / BankMyCell . It turns out that 93.6 million users will lose access to new Chrome features.
Chrome 120 is expected to be released on December 6 — at the same time, support for the Android Nougat browser will cease. Users will receive a notification about the need to upgrade to a newer version of the OS.
