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

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- Updated: 28th Dec 2022, 15:50 IST
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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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