WhatsApp to cut off support for many old handsets by month end

[rahul1117kumar]

WhatsApp is about to stop working on millions of phones. Older devices are going to have their support cut off and the phone users will no longer be able to use the free chat app.

WhatsApp's engineers will stop supporting
iPhone 3GS , phones using Windows 7 and any that use Android 2.1 or Android 2.2. WhatsApp first announced the change early this year and had said it would be implemented by the end of the year.

The company has advised that anyone who has an older phone should buy a new one before the end of 2016. "If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android, iPhone , or Windows Phone before the end of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp," it wrote in a blog post published in February.

It has since updated its post to confirm that support for BlackBerry phones will be prolonged until the end of June 2017, apparently in response to user pressure.

Facebook-owned WhatsApp said at the time that it was making the move so that it could make sure the platform was more secure and that it could put a "greater emphasis" on new features.

WhatsApp to cut off support for many old handsets by month end - ET Telecom

 

[iSK]

Bad news for old users of WhatsApp .

 

[Bapun]

Very less people using these devices now. This move will help them to focus on new app coding standards by cutting off support for out dated ones.

 

[Bapun]

These are the mobile OS that would stop supporting WhatsApp by the end of this year:

-- Nokia Symbian S60 after June 30, 2017

-- BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 after December 31, 2017

-- Windows Phone 8.0 and older after December 31, 2017

-- Nokia S40 after December 31, 2018

-- Android versions 2.3.7 and older after February 1, 2020

WhatsApp will stop working on these phones after Dec 31, check if yours is in the list