diff --git a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
index ddb05cd32c..8ffdf20477 100644
--- a/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
+++ b/BREAKING_CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,33 @@
 
 # Version 8.0.0
 
+## Change
+
+The minimum supported compilers and deployment targets have been updated, with
+the new minimums listed in the top level [README](README.md).
+
+MinGW is no longer supported.
+
+**Possible Issues**
+
+You may no longer be able to build JUCE projects or continue targeting older
+platforms.
+
+**Workaround**
+
+If you cannot build your project, update your build machine to a more modern
+operating system and compiler.
+
+There is no workaround to target platforms that predate the new minimum
+deployment targets.
+
+**Rationale**
+
+New features of JUCE require both more modern compilers and deployment targets.
+
+The amount of investment MinGW support requires is unsustainable.
+
+
 ## Change
 
 The [JUCE End User Licence Agreement](https://juce.com/legal/juce-8-licence/)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a1e1cdbfd3..871d7e4a9d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ![alt text](https://assets.juce.com/juce/JUCE_banner_github.png "JUCE")
 
-JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for creating high quality
+JUCE is an open-source cross-platform C++ application framework for creating
 desktop and mobile applications, including VST, VST3, AU, AUv3, AAX and LV2 audio plug-ins
 and plug-in hosts. JUCE can be easily integrated with existing projects via CMake, or can
 be used as a project generation tool via the [Projucer](#the-projucer), which supports
-exporting projects for Xcode (macOS and iOS), Visual Studio, Android Studio, Code::Blocks
+exporting projects for Xcode (macOS and iOS), Visual Studio, Android Studio,
 and Linux Makefiles as well as containing a source code editor.
 
 ## Getting Started
 
 The JUCE repository contains a [master](https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/tree/master)
 and [develop](https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/tree/develop) branch. The develop branch
-contains the latest bugfixes and features and is periodically merged into the master
+contains the latest bug fixes and features and is periodically merged into the master
 branch in stable [tagged releases](https://github.com/juce-framework/JUCE/releases)
 (the latest release containing pre-built binaries can be also downloaded from the
 [JUCE website](https://juce.com/get-juce)).
@@ -22,12 +22,14 @@ tool) or with CMake.
 ### The Projucer
 
 The repository doesn't contain a pre-built Projucer so you will need to build it
-for your platform - Xcode, Visual Studio and Linux Makefile projects are located in
-[extras/Projucer/Builds](/extras/Projucer/Builds)
-(the minimum system requirements are listed in the __System Requirements__ section below).
-The Projucer can then be used to create new JUCE projects, view tutorials and run examples.
-It is also possible to include the JUCE modules source code in an existing project directly,
-or build them into a static or dynamic library which can be linked into a project.
+for your platform - Xcode, Visual Studio and Linux Makefile projects are located
+in [extras/Projucer/Builds](/extras/Projucer/Builds) (the minimum system
+requirements are listed in the [minimum system
+requirements](#minimum-system-requirements) section below). The Projucer can
+then be used to create new JUCE projects, view tutorials and run examples. It
+is also possible to include the JUCE modules source code in an existing project
+directly, or build them into a static or dynamic library which can be linked
+into a project.
 
 For further help getting started, please refer to the JUCE
 [documentation](https://juce.com/learn/documentation) and
@@ -56,20 +58,20 @@ of the target you wish to build.
 
 #### Building JUCE Projects
 
-- __C++ Standard__: 17+
-- __macOS/iOS__: Xcode 10.1 (macOS 10.13.6)
-- __Windows__: Windows 8.1 and Visual Studio 2017
+- __C++ Standard__: 17
+- __macOS/iOS__: Xcode 12.4 (Intel macOS 10.15.4, Apple Silicon macOS 11.0)
+- __Windows__: Visual Studio 2019 (Windows 10)
 - __Linux__: g++ 7.0 or Clang 6.0 (for a full list of dependencies, see
 [here](/docs/Linux%20Dependencies.md)).
-- __Android__: Android Studio on Windows, macOS or Linux
+- __Android__: Android Studio (NDK 26) on Windows, macOS or Linux
 
 #### Deployment Targets
 
-- __macOS__: macOS 10.9
-- __Windows__: Windows Vista
+- __macOS__: macOS 10.11
+- __Windows__: Windows 10
 - __Linux__: Mainstream Linux distributions
-- __iOS__: iOS 9.0
-- __Android__: Jelly Bean (API 16)
+- __iOS__: iOS 12
+- __Android__: Android 5 - Lollipop (API Level 21)
 
 ## Contributing