What software is being sunset, deprecated, or reaching end-of-life in January 2027?

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3 things are scheduled to be sunset, deprecated, or shut down in January 2027, from 3 vendors, each sourced from the vendor’s own announcement. Soonest first: Google — Gmail removes "Send as", Gmailify and POP for third-party accounts on the web in January 2027 (1 Jan 2027); OpenAI — OpenAI deprecates its legacy audio, realtime, and transcription models (20 Jan 2027); Microsoft Azure — Azure Blueprints is being retired: no new definitions since 31 July 2026, full shutdown 31 January 2027 (31 Jan 2027). The full, continuously updated list with live countdowns is at https://lastcall.dev/calendar/2027-01.

What’s shutting down in January 2027

OpenAI OpenAI has deprecated a family of older audio, realtime, and speech-to-text API models — including gpt-realtime, gpt-audio, and the gpt-4o audio/realtime line — and will remove them from the API on 20 January 2027

Microsoft Azure Azure Blueprints (Preview) is being retired on a phased timeline — new blueprint definitions can no longer be created as of 31 July 2026, and the service is fully removed on 31 January 2027; Microsoft points teams to Template Specs and Deployment Stacks

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