Highlights
- WhatsApp will be closed!
- Will not work on 30 smartphones
- Applicable to both iPhone and Android smartphones
According to a recent report, WhatsApp will stop supporting many older phones in Brazil. This list of WhatsApp includes some Samsung Galaxy smartphones, iPhone 6S, iPhone SE, HTC Desire 500, Sony Xperia M and LG Optimus F7 among many others. As an upgrade, WhatsApp will stop working on versions of some older models of Android and iPhone. According to a report by Sprout Wire, more than 30 smartphones will be banned by WhatsApp from January 2022. These companies have millions of phone users, who will be greatly affected by this drastic step of WhatsApp.
According to the report, WhatsApp will stop supporting many phones in Brazil, which are used by more than 100 million users. But the point to be noted is whether this rule applies to any other part of the world including India or not. By the way, many smartphones included in the list of phones of WhatsApp are also being used in India. However, for now the official information related to WhatsApp support is awaited for the users of India.
How to check if WhatsApp won’t support your phone:
It is worth noting that WhatsApp will not be supported on smartphones running Android 4.1 operating system and lower. Similarly, WhatsApp will not support for iPhone users with iOS 9 or less. That is, users of these phones will no longer be able to take advantage of messages, photos, videos or any service offered by the app. If your smartphone is old or its operating system is old then the newly updated version of WhatsApp will not be installed on your phone. This will show that your smartphone will not be able to support WhatsApp in the coming time. Frankly speaking, WhatsApp will not work at all for such users. The company is taking this step because it has updated WhatsApp and old phones may not have safety and security.
WhatsApp will stop working on these phones:
WhatsApp will not support these Android smartphones including Archos 53 Platinum, HTC Desire 500, Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Samsung Galaxy Trend I, Mini Samsung Galaxy S3, Caterpillar Cat B15, Sony Xperia M, THL W8, ZTE Grand X Quad V987, ZTE Grand Memo, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, LG Lucid 2, LG Optimus F7, LG Optimus L3i| Dual, LG Optimus F5, LG Optimus L5 Il, LG Optimus L5 i Dual, LG Optimus L3 Li, LG Optimus L7 Il Dual, LG Optimus L7 Il, LG Optimus F6, LG ect, LG Optimus L4 i Dual, LG Optimus F3, LG Optimus L4 Il, LG Optimus L2 Il, LG Optimus F3 Q, Wiko Sync Five, Wiko Darknight, Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2, Huawei Ascend G740, ZTE Grand S Flex, Lenovo A820, Huawei Ascend Mate, ZTE V956 – UMI X2, Huawei Ascend D2, Samsung Galaxy Core and Faea F1.
These are the iPhones on which WhatsApp will not work:
These include Apple iPhone SE (16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB), Apple iPhone 6s (32 GB and 64 GB), Apple iPhone 6s Plus (16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB and 128 GB), Apple iPhone 6s (128 GB) a. and the Apple iPhone 6S (16GB).
What users should do:
WhatsApp users using old phones can do an important thing which will help them to use WhatsApp. They should try to update their operating system to the latest WhatsApp and latest operating system as soon as possible. For this, you just have to go to these two settings and update.