BlackBerry recently confirmed that as of January 4, 2022, it will no longer support the operating system for its once-popular devices.In its "end of life" announcement, the Canadian-based company said older BlackBerry devices would no longer work effectively for phone calls or data services.The company did note that some BlackBerry devices using the Android operating system will still work.These include models launched from 2015 to 2018, starting with the BlackBerry Priv to the BlackBerry Evolve X.The decision to end BlackBerry support was first made public in September 2020.That is when company chief John Chen announced that BlackBerry had officially moved from being a device manufacturer to a software developer.The company, Chen said, was now centered on providing "security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world."
