WhatsApp stops supporting some smartphones starting 2020

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WhatsApp stops supporting some smartphones starting 2020

WhatsApp stops supporting some smartphones starting 2020; the social messaging app will stop working on several phones at the end of the year 2019.

More recently, WhatsApp announced that support for some older operating systems would be stopped, which means that some of those people using 10-year-old smartphones would no longer be able to chat with their contacts through WhatsApp.

Users with older models are being warned that they need to upgrade their handset to continue using WhatsApp.

Facebook-owned messaging app confirmed on its support page that anyone with a Windows Phone will lose access from December 31, 2019. And the app will also stop working on iPhones running anything older than iOS 7 and Android devices with versions 2.3.7 installed.

The social messaging app said in a blog post,

"As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use.

While those mobile devices are a crucial part of our story, they don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future.

This was a tricky call for North American nation to form, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp.

If you use one in every of those affected mobile phones, we recommend upgrading those devices to a newer Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone to continue using WhatsApp.

Because we no longer actively developing any support for those operating systems, so, as a result, some features would possibly stop performing at any time."

The Facebook-owned social messaging app has released a list of devices that will no longer be able to access WhatsApp starting 2020.

iOS 8 first released on September 17, 2014, and is found on iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 plus. These devices according to WhatsApp will not be operational as of February 1, 2020.

Any device running on Android version 2.3.7 or older is among the devices which will not be able to access WhatsApp in 2020.

The WhatsApp support will be withdrawn from all devices that run on Microsoft 10 mobile operating systems starting December 31, 2019.

Older handsets users are being warned they need to rapidly upgrade if they want to continue to use the popular social networking app.

WhatsApp is one of the most widely used communication messaging platform, it is important to check where your device falls in.






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