Starting November 1, WhatsApp will stop working on some mobile phones around the world.
The social media messaging app is expected to stop working on some smartphones because the platform's owners will no longer provide support for the operating system on such old models.
Unless owners of iPhones and Android Android phones change their device software, some iPhones and Android phones will be locked out of WhatsApp permanently.
The UK Sun published a piece last week that speculated on why tech companies are discontinuing support for outdated devices.
"Sometimes it's because it's simply not cost-effective to maintain apps operating on very old versions of iOS or Android," the research says. That’s especially the case if only a small percentage of users are running these old versions of software.”
According to the British newspaper, WhatsApp will no longer work on phones running very old versions of iOS or Android starting November 1, 2021.
WhatsApp Will Be Blocked On All These Phones Below
Galaxy Trend Lite
Galaxy Trend II
Galaxy SII
Galaxy S3 mini
Galaxy Xcover 2
Galaxy Core
Galaxy Ace 2
Lucid 2
Optimus F7
Optimus F5
Optimus L3 II Dual
Optimus F5
Optimus L5
Best L5 II
Optimus L5 Dual
Best L3 II
Optimus L7
Optimus L7 II Dual
Best L7 II
Optimus F6, Enact
Optimus L4 II Dual
Optimus F3
Best L4 II
Best L2 II
Optimus Nitro HD
Optimus 4X HD
Optimus F3Q
ZTE V956
Grand X Quad V987
Grand Memo
Xperia Miro
Xperia Neo L
Xperia Arc S
Alcatel
Ascend G740
Ascend Mate
Ascend D Quad XL
Ascend D1 Quad XL
Ascend P1 S
Ascend D2
Archos 53 Platinum
HTC Desire 500
Caterpillar Cat B15
Wiko Cink Five
Wiko Darknight
Lenovo A820
UMi X2
Run F1
THL W8
iPhone SE
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus