Popular messaging app WhatsApp is about to stop working on millions of phones. People with one of the many older iPhone or Android models will not be able to use WhatsApp after December 31. The list includes some iPhone models, as well as Huawei, LG and Samsung models. The list of phones that will lose support for WhatsApp has 49 different models.
Users of these phones will receive an alert sent by WhatsApp before support ends.
“Devices and software change frequently, so we regularly review which operating systems we support and make updates,” WhatsApp said in a statement. The statement continues: “Devices that have been discontinued may not have the latest security updates or lack the functionality needed to run WhatsApp. To choose what to stop supporting, each year we, like other tech companies, choose which devices and software are how old and how old they are. We’re still looking at how many people are using it.”
Phones that won’t be able to use WhatsApp on January 1, 2023
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- Archos 53 Platinum
- Grand S Flex ZTE
- Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
- HTC Desire 500
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Mate
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Quad XL
- Lenovo A820
- LG Enact
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus 4X HD
- LG Optimus F3
- LG Optimus F3Q
- LG Optimus F5
- LG Optimus F6
- LG Optimus F7
- LG Optimus L2 II
- LG Optimus L3 II
- LG Optimus L3 II Dual
- LG Optimus L4 II
- LG Optimus L4 II Dual
- LG Optimus L5
- LG Optimus L5 Dual
- LG Optimus L5 II
- LG Optimus L7
- LG Optimus L7 II
- LG Optimus L7 II Dual
- LG Optimus Nitro HD
- Memo ZTE V956
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
- Samsung Galaxy Core
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
- Samsung Galaxy Trend II
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
- Sony Xperia Arc S
- Sony Xperia Miro
- Sony Xperia Neo L
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight ZT
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