The .NET Framework family also includes two versions for [[mobile computing|mobile]] or [[embedded device]] use. A reduced version of the framework, the [[.NET Compact Framework]], is available on [[Windows CE]] platforms, including [[Windows Mobile]] devices such as [[smartphone]]s. Additionally, the [[.NET Micro Framework]] is targeted at severely resource-constrained devices.
.NET Framework 4.8 was announced as the finallast major version of .NET Framework, with future work going into the rewritten and [[Cross-platform software|cross-platform]] [[.NET|.NET Core]] platform (later, simply ''.NET''), which shipped as ''.NET 5'' in November 2020.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Richard|first=Lander|date=2020-11-10|title=Announcing .NET 5.0|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/|access-date=2021-01-04|website=.NET Blog|archive-date=18 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218110932/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-5-0/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, .NET Framework 4.8.1 was released in August 2022.<ref name="Announcing .NET Framework 4.8.1">{{Cite news|url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-framework-481/|title=Announcing .NET Framework 4.8.1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824141107/https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-framework-481/ |archive-date=2022-08-24 |access-date=2022-08-11|language=en-US|url-status=live}}</ref>
