{"id":796,"date":"2018-02-20T10:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/?p=796"},"modified":"2018-02-20T10:07:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T15:07:49","slug":"microsoft-turning-off-push-notifications-windows-phone-7-5-8-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/microsoft-turning-off-push-notifications-windows-phone-7-5-8-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft is turning off push notifications for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/microsoft-announces-new-startup-program-invest-500m-next-two-years\/cropped-baronsoftwarelogo_2018-fw_-1-png\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?fit=474%2C98&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"474,98\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?fit=474%2C98&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?resize=300%2C62&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"62\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?resize=300%2C62&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.baronsoftware.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/cropped-BaronSoftwareLogo_2018.fw_-1.png?w=474&amp;ssl=1 474w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-header__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Microsoft is turning off push notifications for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0<\/h3>\n<div class=\"article-body__section article-body__section--narrow narrow\">\n<p class=\"article-body__drop-character\">Microsoft has\u00a0<a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/answers.microsoft.com\/en-us\/mobiledevices\/forum\/mdwindows-mdsettings-mdversionwp8\/mobile-push-notification-services-are-ending-for\/912395fa-9f1d-4390-a4de-7cb03ae3c933#cw\" rel=\"nofollow\">announced<\/a>\u00a0that it is ending the push notification service on Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 starting February 20th, 2018. The company says that since both of those platforms have reached the end of their support, these services are now able to be discontinued.<\/p>\n<p>Turning off push notifications means that devices running Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8.0 will no longer receive notifications, live tiles will no longer update, and the &#8220;find my phone&#8221; feature will no longer function. Those still using Windows Phone 7.5 or Windows Phone 8.0 will likely want to switch to something newer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__section article-body__section--wide\">\n<p>Windows Phone code was written in C++ back in 2010 and was used by the New York City Police Department until the decision was to migrate over to the iPhone.\u00a0 That was a contract worth millions since there are over 45,000 uniformed police officers as well as departmental.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body__section article-body__section--narrow narrow\">\n<p>Microsoft says that Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile users will not be affected by this change, as push notifications for those platforms will remain on for the time being. However, once support comes to an end for those platforms as well, it is likely Microsoft will also turn off push notifications there too.<\/p>\n<p>The latest version Windows 10 Mobile\u00a0Sales have decreased rapidly since its release to the point of Windows 10 Mobile being considered irrelevant in the mobile operating system landscape.<\/p>\n<p>For software developers this is something similar to the Google Eye Glass program where it was well meant as a starting package but rapidly fell apart thus ending the program.\u00a0 With Windows 10 Mobile no one is quite sure what to make of the future so the best bet is to continue developing for universal windows to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft is turning off push notifications for Windows Phone 7.5 and 8.0 Microsoft has\u00a0announced\u00a0that it is ending the push notification service on Windows Phone 7 and Windows Phone 8 starting February 20th, 2018. 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