With support for the Surface Duo 2 officially ending in a few weeks, Microsoft offers a tiny parting gift to any remaining owners.

Three years after launching the device with a premium price tag of $1,499, Microsoft has released what appears to be the last ever security update for the device: as with the original Duo last year, Microsoft is ending all support and software updates three years from the device's launch. For the Duo 2, all support will end on 21 October 2024.

Microsoft Surface Duo 2 has received its final software update, marking the end of Microsoft's brief return to the smartphone market. The Surface Duo 2 was launched in October 2021, following a disastrous debut of the Surface Duo, which was announced in September 2019, and launched a year later in October 2020.

Microsoft enjoys desktop dominance, but it just can't get mobile right. The company's most recent smartphone project is dead with the final update for the Surface Duo 2. The dual-screen phone has gotten the October 2024 security patch just in time for the end of support.

Microsoft's choice to end support for the second-gen Surface Duo fits into its larger plan to slim down its Surface device lineup. This decision comes almost a year after Panos Panay, the former head of Windows and Surface, left the company. With the Surface Duo line officially wrapped up, it looks like Microsoft has no plans to bring it back.

Microsoft has released a final software update for the Surface Duo 2 foldable smartphone as its end of life nears on October 21.

The Surface Duo 2 has just received its likely final security update, marking an end to Microsoft’s brief return to the smartphone market. The company originally launched Surfac

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Pour one out for the Surface Duo 2. As Windows Central points out, Microsoft has pushed out what will almost certainly go down as the device’s final software update, a security patch, ahead of its October 21 end-of-support date.

When Microsoft debuted the Surface Duo 2 in October 2021, the company pledged to provide three years of software updates for the dual-screen device. Since then, the company has released just one platform update for the Duo 2,

The Surface Duo 2 only got one major update to Android 12L, which is disappointing for a device that was priced at $1,500. Trading-in the device will get you roughly $120 on Microsoft's website. Microsoft's foray into the Android foldable smartphone market is officially coming to a close.