WhatsApp Ends Support For Older Phones and Operating Systems

Jun. 18, 2018

WhatsAppis one of the preeminent instant messaging services in the world, and isused by millions of people everydaynot just for text messages, but to share images, videos, and documents. The service also offers voice and video-calling services, which are also used extensively by many users, much to the chagrin of telecom operators around the world. The company has alsostarted offering UPI-based mobile payment services in Indiarecently.

However all that is changing in the coming days, with the company officially announcing thatit will stop supportinga number of older platforms either fully or partly. WhatsApp says it has stopped supporting the following operating systems with immediate effect:

As for the following platforms, WhatsApp has set a definitive deadline about when it will stop supporting them fully. The company says that users will no longer be able to create new accounts on these platforms, but the service itself will continue to work a little while longer, although, some features might stop functioning at any time because the company isn’t actively developing for these operating systems anymore:

If you’re still using any of the aforementioned operating systems, it’s time to upgrade to a newer device to continue getting access to all the new features offered by the service.

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