New Delhi: Come January 1 and a number of other smartphone customers will be unable to make use of WhatsApp, as the moment messaging app will withdraw assist from sure platforms.
Mentioning about supported working techniques, WhatsApp web page mentions that it offers assist for and advocate utilizing the next units:
Android operating OS four.zero.three and newer
iPhone operating iOS 9 and newer
Choose telephones operating KaiOS 2.5.1 newer, together with JioPhone and JioPhone 2
“After you have certainly one of these units, set up WhatsApp and register your telephone quantity. WhatsApp can solely be activated with one telephone quantity on one gadget at a time. Moreover, there is no choice to switch your chat historical past between platforms. Nevertheless, we offer the choice to export your chat historical past as an e mail attachment. Please notice, export chat isn’t supported in Germany,” WhatsApp says in its assist web page.
Based mostly on the above, it may be concluded that iPhones not run iOS 9 won’t be used for WhatsApp providers from 2021. This embrace all earlier iPhone fashions upto iPhone four. Nevertheless, these utilizing iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6S, must replace their telephones with both iOS 9 or later for with the ability to use WhatsApp.
The next telephones will not be operating Android OS four.zero.three and newer.
HTC Sensation
Google Nexus S
Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc
LG Optimus 2X
Samsung Galaxy S I9000
HTC Want
Motorola Droid Razr
Samsung Galaxy S2
discover out OS operating in your telephone
iPhone customers go to Settings > Normal > Data to seek out out software program model in your iPhone. Android customers go to Settings > About Telephone to seek out out OS model operating in your smartphone.
