Macrium Software has announced the end of life for its Macrium Reflect Free edition. Except security patches, the free version itself won't be receiving new features and bug fixes. Macrium Software, ...

After announcing the end of free releases, Macrium Reflect free has quietly been updated with a new release version 8.0.7279. The new version fixes CPU performance issues, and several other bugs.

Short of it is: Whenever there is a Reflect 9, it will have paid versions only. 8 Free will get patches until Jan 2024, but won't officially support any future versions or build upgrades of Windows.