With the year 2020 coming to a near, Facebook-owned informing app WhatsApp is additionally said to end back on a few ancient Android and iOS smartphones. As the calendar year comes to a near, WhatsApp is finishing bolster for Android phones and iPhones that run on the dated working system.
It is being said that the Facebook-owned informing app will halt working on smartphones that are not running on at slightest iOS 9 or Android 4.0.3 working frameworks.
Will work on:
WhatsApp’s back page prescribes clients to utilize the most recent adaptation of their working framework in arrange to appreciate all highlights and says that WhatsApp for iPhones requires iOS 9 or afterward, whereas WhatsApp for Android is running on Android 4.0.3 and more current.
Whereas there are not a parcel of smartphones that are right now running on these dated working frameworks, it is still vital to note which particular smartphones will lose back for the prevalent informing app.
For iPhones, all the iPhone models up to the iPhone 4 will lose bolster for iPhone. This implies that those who are utilizing the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6S will upgrade their working framework to iOS 9 or afterward arrange to proceed to utilize WhatsApp.
For Android:
For Android, WhatsApp will stop working on smartphones that are running on an Android version earlier than 4.0.3. Again, not a lot of devices currently run on an Android version earlier than 4.0.3.
However, some of the models are the HTC Desire, LG Optimus Black, Motorola Droid Razr, and the Samsung Galaxy S2. There may be other Android smartphones that could be running on an older Android version that may lose support for WhatsApp as 2020 comes to a close.
A few clients may still proceed to utilize WhatsApp on their more seasoned phones as their working frameworks may have gotten a fix with an overhaul. In any case, for others, as it were solution may be to urge a modern smartphone through and through.
How to find out:
In arrange to discover out what working framework your phone is running on, iPhone clients can go to Settings > Common > Data, where you’ll discover data around the program adaptation on your iPhone. Android clients, on the other hand, can go to Settings > Around Phone to see which Android adaptation their smartphone is running on.
WhatsApp closes bolster for older iOS and Android smartphones at the conclusion of each calendar year. Final year, WhatsApp ended back for smartphones running on iOS 8 or more seasoned, and Android phones running on form 2.3.7 or more seasoned.
