end of 32 bit support

AI’s appetite for memory and storage has reshaped the PC market faster than many hobbyists expected, and the idea that this is a coordinated plot to “kill local PCs” is seductive—but misleading. What’s actually happening is a mix of market concentration, prioritization of higher‑margin AI...

Valve’s December client update completes a long‑running migration: the Steam desktop client now runs natively as a 64‑bit application on Windows 10 (64‑bit) and Windows 11, and Valve has set a firm end‑of‑support date for 32‑bit Windows builds — January 1, 2026. Background For more than a decade...

Valve has quietly finished the technical migration that was promised months ago: the Steam Windows client is now a native 64‑bit application on modern Windows installs, and Valve has set a hard end‑of‑support date for 32‑bit Windows clients — January 1, 2026. For the tiny fraction of players...

Valve has begun the final phase of a long‑running modernization: the Steam desktop client is now a native 64‑bit application on Windows 10 (x64) and Windows 11, and support for 32‑bit Windows installations will be frozen and then retired on January 1, 2026, after which Steam will no longer ship...

Valve has quietly but decisively moved the Steam desktop client to a native 64‑bit binary on Windows 10 (x64) and Windows 11, and has set a firm end‑of‑support date for 32‑bit Windows Steam clients: January 1, 2026. Background The Steam desktop client has carried a legacy hybrid footprint for...

Valve’s Steam client has completed its long-expected migration to a native 64‑bit Windows application and formally set a hard cutoff for updates to 32‑bit Windows installs: after January 1, 2026, Steam will no longer receive feature updates, bug fixes, or security patches on 32‑bit Windows...

Valve has finally finished what felt like a small but consequential modernization: the Steam desktop client for Windows now runs as a native 64‑bit application on Windows 10 (64‑bit) and Windows 11, and Valve has set a firm deadline for the end of updates to the legacy 32‑bit client — January 1...

Valve’s migration of the Steam desktop client to a native 64‑bit Windows build and the company’s formal end‑of‑support date for 32‑bit Windows installations mark the final chapter for an architecture era that has lingered longer than many users realized. The change is narrowly scoped — it...

Valve has formally signaled the end of an era for legacy Windows desktops: beginning January 1, 2026, the Steam desktop client will no longer be supported on 32‑bit installations of Windows, and the launcher itself has been transitioned to a native 64‑bit build on modern Windows systems. The...

Valve is moving the Steam client on Windows to 64‑bit only, and the company has set a firm cutoff for legacy 32‑bit Windows updates: existing 32‑bit clients will receive updates only until January 1, 2026, after which Valve will stop issuing fixes, features, and support for 32‑bit Windows...

Valve’s Steam client will stop supporting 32‑bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026 — a change that’s technically sensible, strategically predictable, and narrowly impactful for most players, but which carries an outsized risk for the small group still running Windows 10 (32‑bit) unless...