Bye bye BlackBerry: Company announces software will 'no longer reliably function'

Any device running on BlackBerry’s software after Jan. 4 will “no longer reliably function,” according to the company.

“As another milestone in the BlackBerry journey, we will be taking steps to decommission the legacy services for BlackBerry 7.1 OS and earlier, BlackBerry 10 software, BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 and earlier versions, with an end of life or termination date of January 4, 2022,” a company statement read.