WhatsApp to stop working on these devices from November 1. Check details.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
WhatsApp has shared a list of devices that will no longer support its global messaging app starting November 1, 2021.
Starting November this year, the listed devices, which includes some known brands, will no longer have support for the WhatsApp app and will be incompatible.
Smartphones which will be affected by this will be phones that are running on Android 4.0.3 or lower, and Apple iPhones that are running on iOS 9 or older.
Devices from Samsung, LG, ZTE, Huawei, Sony, Alcatel, and others are all part of the android phones affected by the news.
Apple products like iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6S Plus were also listed by the messaging app.
A report sighted online explained that while these devices are nearing the end of support for WhatsApp, it does not mean that the app will stop working completely from November 1.
Instead, the smartphones will stop getting security updates, new features, and the app will gradually become defunct.
Check out the list below and see if your phone is listed.
For Samsung
The Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
Galaxy Trend II
Galaxy SII
Galaxy S3 mini
Galaxy Xcover 2
Galaxy Core and
Galaxy Ace 2
LG Phones
LGs Lucid 2
LG Optimus F7
LG Optimus F5
Optimus L3 II Dual
Optimus F5
Optimus L5
Optimus L5 II
Optimus L5 Dual
Optimus L3 II
Optimus L7
Optimus L7 II Dual
Optimus L7 II
Optimus F6 Enact
Optimus L4 II Dual
Optimus F3
Optimus L4 II
Optimus L2 II
Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD, and
Optimus F3Q.
Devices from Chinese maker ZTE including;
The ZTE Grand S Flex
ZTE V956
Grand X Quad V987and
ZTE Grand Memo
The Facebook-owned messaging appwill also stop working on;
Huawei’s Ascend G740
Ascend Mate
Ascend D Quad XL
Ascend D1 Quad XL
Ascend P1 S and
Ascend D2.
Sony’s Xperia Miro, Sony Xperia Neo L, and Xperia Arc S are included in the list, alongside other devices from Alcatel, HTC, Lenovo, and more.
WhatsApp won’t support any of these phones after Nov 1st, 2021.