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WhatsApp Will Stop Working On These Smartphones: Check Out The List

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    List Of Phones That’ll Stop Supporting WhatsApp
    • What Happens If The Operating System Is No Longer Updated?
  • 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

    iPhone 5

    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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