MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Retirement FAQs 95

MINDSTORMS Education EV3 Retirement FAQs

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LEGO® MINDSTORMS® Education EV3 launched in 2013 and has enjoyed a long and incredibly successful journey. The product has now reached its natural end of life and will be listed as “retiring soon” on the LEGO® Education website.

With the changing curriculums in education, we see great opportunities with our newest solutions such as LEGO® Education SPIKE™ Prime , and are excited to see what the future of LEGO Education will bring. LEGO Education will support updates to the current apps on the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 platform and Consumer Service will be available for tech support and to fulfill tech spare parts until 2023.

Below are answers to some frequently asked questions. Thank you!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Why is LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 retiring?  
EV3 launched in 2013 and has enjoyed a long and incredibly successful performance. It has reached its natural end of life.

When will MINDSTORMS Education EV3 retire? 
MINDSTORMS Education EV3 will no longer be available for purchase starting June 30th, 2021. LEGO Education will continue to support the current apps for two years from the exit date.

How long will consumers be able to purchase LEGO Education EV3?
In the U.S., sales will continue until June 30th,2021 depending on stock availability. On July 1st, EV3 will be removed from the U.S. shop page. Customers in markets outside of the U.S. will be able to purchase LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 through partners until the product runs out of stock.

What will happen with MINDSTORM Education EV3 Lesson Plans? 
All content will continue to be live and visible for the 2 years maintenance period. After the 2 years, MINDSTORMS Education EV3 lessons will be available on the “retired products” webpage.

Is the product retirement global or will there be a roll out on how it retires across markets?
The LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 retirement is global. The solution will be discontinued worldwide on June 30th, 2021. In markets with third-party partners, sales may continue beyond June 30th, 2021 until the partner is out of stock.

How long will customers outside of the U.S. be able to purchase EV3?
Customers in markets outside of the U.S. will be able to purchase LEGO MINDSTORMS Education EV3 through partners until the product runs out of stock.

Who should we contact if they have product questions or issues after June 30th, 2021? 
They should still contact Consumer Service for parts and technical support.  

Blog #LEGOeduCommunity News 02/03/2021 11:58am EST
Added by Marissa Dimino

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Jeffrey Huber Jeffrey Huber 7d
Will Lego release a new education specific replacement for the EV3 or is SPIKE™ Prime the replacement?
Barry Parker Barry Parker 10d
Spike will be difficult to compete with in RoboCub Open division.
Spike has 6 ports ver EV3 has 4in + 4out. 
Even with the onboard gyro, Spike still is short ports.
RUSSELL CAIRNS RUSSELL CAIRNS 10d
Hi I am so blessed to have been using Spike and Robot Inventor with my Upper primary classes since October 2019, through our wonder Australian vendor, it's been really hard getting support from our Education Departments and we needed to run our our pilots with loan kits to schools. We love that EV3 classroom, inventor and spike all have similar block based code and are using Tynker for WEDO. The main issue with Spike is that we need a better Expansion pack combo for schools, more cheap foldable mats and mission cards like Wonder Workshop.
RUSSELL CAIRNS RUSSELL CAIRNS 10d
Also many RFF teachers just get 40-50 min lessons so quick builds are best - I love RoboCup Jnr and FIRST for clubs and comps, but they are incredibly time consuming and classroom time is limited.
Tiffany Walker Tiffany Walker 19d
Are there any plans for some sort of exchange program for people who have EV3's and would like to upgrade?
Marissa Dimino Marissa Dimino 13d
Hi Tiffany Walker‍ - Thanks for your great question! While there are no plans at this time, I did share with the team and we'll be sure to update the community if any changes are made. EV3 will continue to be supported for two years after retirement. 
Leonardo de OliveiraVerde Leonardo de OliveiraVerde 20d
Thanks for the information.
After the end of life cycle of this good product, can Lego give us on PDF format all the help that is on: https://ev3-help-online.api.education.lego.com/Education/hu-hu/    ?
Thanks
Leonardo de OliveiraVerde Leonardo de OliveiraVerde 18d
Yes, this is the help that is inside the original EV3 program....
Marissa Dimino Marissa Dimino 19d
Hi Leonardo de OliveiraVerde‍ , thank you for your question! There are no immediate plans to delete the help files that you link to above. These are from inside the app, correct? 

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