WHATSAPP has announced its
stopping support for some smartphones with users warned they’ll no longer be
able to message in the future. WhatsApp is due to
stop getting support for older smartphones soon meaning it’ll stop working on
those devices.
WhatsApp has over 1.5 billion monthly active
users but it will be abandoning those who can’t afford to upgrade their
smartphone.
The company quietly announced the move on a
blog post saying: “If you currently use an older operating system, we recommend
upgrading to a newer version.”
From December this year, the Nokia S40 will no
longer receive WhatsApp support.
In Nigeria, the new updates will affect users
with old smartphones like Samsung Galaxy Mini Plus, Huawei Mercury M886, Sony
Ericsson Xperia Active ST17a, HTC EVO 4G+ and others running on Android 2.3 or
lesser.
The operating system no longer supported
includes:
Android versions older than 2.3.3
Windows Phone 8.0 and older
iPhone 3GS/iOS 6
Nokia Symbian S60
BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10
The statement further stated that user can no
longer create new accounts on the under listed OS and some features might stop
functioning at any time.
Nokia S40 until December 31, 2018
Android versions 2.3.7 and older until February
1, 2020
iOS 7 and older until February 1, 2020
Whatsapp recommended upgrading to a newer
version of Android running OS 4.0+, iPhone running iOS 8+ and Windows Phone
8.1+.
