WhatsApp News and Updates

[TJ_DJ]

Twitter is flooded with users reporting this problem. Just search for "Whatsapp obsolete" on Twitter and you will see the number of users affected.

Also, so far, this problem is being faced only by people on MIUI using .428
No other brand users have reported it yet.

 

[Sai Jai]

Is that version launched bro?

Not yet received update in playstore bro

Seems they send beta version for some users especially redmi users

 

[TJ_DJ]

Affected users are hurriedly uninstalling and reinstalling WhatsApp. While it fixes the issue for some and reinstalls 2.17.427, some of the users forget to "Restore Backup from Google Drive", thereby losing all of their messages on WhatsApp.

Redmi needs to have a look at this immediately.

 

[rohank3]

I reinstall WhatsApp and duel on MI MAX 2. Got all the msgs again.

 

[Prime]

I was facing this problem on my Redmi Note 4 but I downloaded and installed the latest version (2.18.8, still not on play store) from whatsapp website directly and it solved the problem.

http://www.whatsapp.com/android/current/WhatsApp.apk

You can install it without uninstalling the previous version. It will overwrite the previous version and none of your messages/pics/videos will be lost.

 

[Sarkar]

Not yet received update in playstore bro

Seems they send beta version for some users especially redmi users

Issue affected redmi 2 users also

 

[Sarkar]

WhatsApp becomes "obsolete" for many users in India; Facebook pins blame on third-party app distribution mechanism

 

[Sai Jai]

WhatsApp becomes "obsolete" for many users in India; Facebook pins blame on third-party app distribution mechanism

So they are claiming issue in distribution

Sarkar bhai i hope u installed whatsapp from Playstore right ??

 

[Sarkar]

So they are claiming issue in distribution

Sarkar bhai i hope u installed whatsapp from Playstore right ??

Yes from play store,

I think what happened is that MIUI has its own app store same like Play store, I think WhatsApp got updated from that Miui app store to ver 428 but as Play store latest version is 427 so there is the conflict

 

[TJ_DJ]

Yeah, it may be because of MIUI App Store. Nice catch @Sarkar bro.