A report suggests that Whatsapp will stop working on older iPhone models and some android phones after December 2022. The changes will apply to as many as 49 smartphones, per the report. Thus users with older iPhones have to upgrade to iOS 12 or newer, and Android users will have to upgrade to Android OS 4.1 or later.
As per the report from GizChina, the platform will not support iOS 11, Android OS 4 and older from December 31. Moreover, on its blog, WhatsApp mentioned that- to keep up with the latest technological advances, we routinely stop supporting older operating systems to point our resources to supporting the latest ones. If we stop supporting your operating system, you’ll be notified and reminded a few times to upgrade your device to continue using WhatsApp.
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List Of Phones That’ll Stop Supporting WhatsApp
WhatsApp will stop working on the following phones-
LG Optimus L5 Dual
LG Optimus L2 II
iPhone 5c
Archos 53 Platinum
LG Optimus F7
Grand S Flex ZTE
LG Optimus F5
Huawei Ascend D1
LG Optimus F6
Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
LG Optimus L3 II
HTC Desire 500
LG Optimus L5
Huawei Ascend D
Quad XL
Lenovo A820
LG Enact
LG Optimus F3
Huawei Ascend D2
LG Lucid 2
Huawei Ascend Mate
LG Optimus 4X HD
Huawei Ascend G740
LG Optimus L7
Huawei Ascend P1
The LG Optimus L3 II Dual
LG Optimus L4 II
LG Optimus L4 II Dual
The LG Optimus L5 II
Samsung Galaxy Core
LG Optimus L7 II
Memo ZTE V956
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
LG Optimus Nitro HD
Samsung Galaxy S2
LG Optimus F3Q
Sony Xperia Arc S
Wiko Cink Five
Samsung Galaxy Trend II
Sony Xperia Miro
Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
Wiko Darknight ZT
LG Optimus L7 II Dual
Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
Sony Xperia Neo L
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
What Happens If The Operating System Is No Longer Updated?
These phones are pretty old, and most are incompatible with new operating systems. Once WhatsApp ends support for these devices, the messaging service will stop working on them. Earlier, a report suggested that the messaging platform was supposed to stop service for iOS 10 and iOS 11 by October 24. Thus, this will force iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c users to upgrade to a newer iPhone model, as installing an iOS update that will support WhatsApp is not practical. The report further reveals that 89% of iPhone users have switched to iOS 15. At the same time, 4 per cent of users have iOS 13 or earlier versions installed on their phones.
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