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BlackBerry Software Lifecycle Overview


View product support timelines for all BlackBerry® software.

Note: these dates are subject to change without notice.
 

Enterprise Software

For the latest enterprise software lifecycle information, see https://docs.blackberry.com/en/endpoint-management/compatibility-matrix.

QNX Software

 

QNX Product Initial Availability End of Sale and Standard Support (EOS) End of Life (EOL)

QNX SDP 8.0.x and associated products, including

QNX Screen 4.0.x

December 2023 December 31, 2031 December 31, 2033
QNX Hypervisor for Safety 2.2.x and associated QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks November 2022 November 30, 2030 November 30, 2032
QNX Hypervisor 2.2.x and associated QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks February 2021 February 28, 2029 February 28, 2031

QNX OS for Safety 2.2.x and associated products, including

QNX OS for Safety – Rail 2.2.x

November 2020 November 30, 2028 November 30, 2030

QNX SDP 7.1.x and associated products, including

QNX Acoustics Management Platform 3.2

July 2020 July 31, 2028 July 31, 2030
QNX Hypervisor for Safety 2.0 and associated QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks for Safety November 2019 November 30, 2027 November 30, 2029

QNX OS for Safety 2.1 and associated products, including:

QNX Black Channel Communications Technology 1.0

August 2019 August 31, 2027 August 31, 2029
QNX OS for Medical 2.0 February 2018 February 28, 2026 February 29, 2028
QNX Hypervisor 2.0 and associated QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks April 2018 April 30, 2026 April 30, 2028
QNX OS for Safety 2.0 February 2018 February 28, 2026 February 29, 2028

QNX SDP 7.0.x and associated products, including:

QNX Acoustics Management Platform 2.0
QNX Acoustics Management Platform 3.0
QNX Platform for ADAS 2.0 
QNX Platform for Instrument Clusters 2.0
QNX Multimedia Suite 2.0
QNX Web Browser 2.0
QNX SDK for Smartphone Connectivity 2.0
QNX Speech Framework 1.0

March 2017 March 31, 2025 March 31, 2027
QNX Hypervisor 1.0 and associated QNX Advanced Virtualization Frameworks November 2015 November 30, 2023 November 30, 2025

QNX SDP 6.6.x and associated products, including:

QNX SDK for Apps and Media 1.0
QNX CAR Platform for Infotainment 2.1
Associated QNX Acoustics Products

February 2014

December 31, 2022

February 29, 2024
QNX OS for Safety 1.0 August 2015

August 31, 2023

August 31, 2025
QNX OS for Automotive Safety 1.0 July 2014

December 31, 2022

July 31, 2024
QNX OS for Medical 1.1 July 2014

December 31, 2022

June 30, 2024
QNX CAR Platform 2.0 RR January 2013    

December 31, 2022

January 31, 2023

QNX SDP 6.5.x and associated products, including:

QNX SDP 6.5.0 Service Pack 1
QNX Platform for ADAS 1.0
QNX Platform for Instrument Clusters 1.0
QNX Neutrino Secure Kernel 6.5.x
QNX Neutrino RTOS Certified Plus 1.0
QNX Momentics 6.5.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI for QNX 6.5.x
QNX Neutrino RTOS for Medical Devices 1.0

August 2010

N/A - moving directly to EOL

December 31, 2022

QNX SDP 6.4.x and associated products, including:

QNX Neutrino Secure Kernel 6.4.x
QNX Momentics 6.4.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI for QNX 6.4.x

November 2008

N/A - moving directly to EOL

December 31, 2022

QNX SDP 6.3.x and associated products, including:

All associated Technology Development Kits (TDKs)
All associated Board Support Packages (BSPs)
All Driver Development Kits (DDKs)
QNX Momentics 6.3.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits, Runtime kits, and Photon microGUI for QNX 6.3.x

June 2004

N/A - moving directly to EOL

December 31, 2022

QNX SDP 6.2.x and associated products, including:

All associated Board Support Packages (BSPs)
QNX Momentics 6.2.x and associated products, including Source and Development kits and Runtime kits

February 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

December 31, 2022

QNX SDP 6.1.x and 6.0.x and associated products, including:

QNX Realtime Platform 6.x
QNX Cross Development Kit 6.x
QNX Development Kit (Self-hosted) 6.x

Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022

QNX Aviage and associated products, including:

 Aviage Acoustic Processing Kits and Cores
 All Aviage Middleware Products

Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022
QNX Neutrino 2.x and associated products Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022
QNX Neutrino 1.x and associated products Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022
QNX Phindows Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022

QNX 4 Product Suite including:

 Photon microGUI for QNX 4

Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022
QNX 2 Pre 2003

N/A - moving directly to EOL

March 1, 2022
QNX Neutrino RTOS Safe Kernel 1.0 Pre 2003 N/A - already EOL March 16, 2016

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Smartphones & Tablets

Product End of Sales and Development End of Life
BlackBerry 10.3.X August 2018 December 2019*
Android 5.X & 6.X - Priv October 2017 December 2019
Android 6.X - DTEK50 June 2018 June 2018
Android 6.X - DTEK60 August 2018 August 2018
BlackBerry 10 OS versions 10.0, 10.1 and 10.2.X Dec 2014 April 2018*
BlackBerry 7 OS versions 7.0 and 7.1 Jul 2014 April 2018*
BlackBerry 6 OS Dec 2013 April 2018*
BlackBerry Device Software 5
Sept 2013 April 2018*
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 1.0.X Dec 2013 April 2018
BlackBerry Smart Card Reader version 2.X Jun 2013 April 2018
BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0.x and 2.1.X Apr 2014

April 2018*

 

The EOL designation only applies to the operating system software and applications contained within. It is not intended to indicate that the back-end infrastructure that provides services to these devices are in an EOL state. For further details on EOL for services that impact BBOS, BlackBerry 10, and PlayBook, please view the FAQ.

TBA - To Be Announced; no dates have been announced to date.


END OF DEVELOPMENT
 

The date as of which BlackBerry will no longer provide fixes, updates, or security patches for the specified version of software. Technical Support will attempt to exhaust all options to provide a product resolution, but resolution cannot be guaranteed.

END OF LIFE
 

  • The product will no longer be supported by BlackBerry
  • There will be no new versions of software
  • No software patches, security fixes or workarounds will be generated to resolve any product issues
  • BlackBerry Technical Support will no longer accept or troubleshoot issues directly related to the OS or application

BBOS

 

Product Name and Version End of Sales and Development End of Life
BlackBerry Application Resource Monitor July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry Bridge for PlayBook July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry News Dec 1, 2012 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry Traffic Mar 27, 2015 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry Wallet July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
Ebay July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
MySpace for BlackBerry OS Jul 1, 2013 June 1, 2018
Windows Live Messenger For BlackBerry OS
Apr 1, 2014 June 1, 2018

BB10

 

Product Name and Version End of Sales and Development End of Life
BlackBerry Blend July 31, 2016 April 29, 2019
BlackBerry Bridge for PlayBook July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
BBM Meetings Feb 10, 2016 June 1, 2018
Connect to Dropbox July 31, 2016 June 1, 2018
Device Switch (BlackBerry 10) June 1, 2018 January 4, 2022
Google Talk Mar 18, 2016 June 1, 2018
Print to Go Jan 1, 2016 June 1, 2018
Windows Live Messenger For BlackBerry 10 Apr 1, 2014 June 1, 2018
Yahoo Messenger Mar 18, 2016 June 1, 2018

Android

 

Product Name and Version End of Sales and Development End of Life
Productivity Tab February 28, 2019 June 30, 2019
Power Center February 28, 2019 June 30, 2019
Notable February 28, 2019 June 30, 2019
Device Search February 28, 2019 June 30, 2019
BlackBerry Blend July 31, 2016 January 28, 2019
Password Keeper August 31, 2020 February 28, 2022
DTEK August 31, 2020 February 28, 2022
Launcher April 5, 2019 February 28, 2022
Privacy Shade June 19, 2018 February 28, 2022
Keyboard August 27, 2019 February 28, 2022

iOS

 

Product Name and Version End of Sales and Development End of Life
BlackBerry Blend July 31, 2016 April 29, 2019

DESKTOP

 

Product Name and Version End of Sales and Development End of Life
BlackBerry Desktop Manager Aug, 2014 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry Desktop Software Aug, 2014 June 1, 2018
BlackBerry Link June 1, 2018 January 4, 2022

END OF DEVELOPMENT
 

The date as of which BlackBerry will no longer provide fixes, updates, or security patches for the specified version of software. Technical Support will attempt to exhaust all options to provide a product resolution, but resolution cannot be guaranteed.

END OF LIFE
 

  • The product will no longer be supported by BlackBerry
  • There will be no new versions of software
  • No software patches, security fixes or workarounds will be generated to resolve any product issues
  • BlackBerry Technical Support will no longer accept or troubleshoot issues directly related to the OS or application

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Notifications

Read about End-of-life notifications for BlackBerry software.

Terminology

Read about terminology used in End-of-life announcements.