A process that also pushes certain applications to no longer offer their services on these devices. This is what Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced about its WhatsApp messaging. Concretely, Android users will need at least version 4.1, and Apple users of iOS 12.1 (2018).
“To keep pace with the latest technological advancements, we periodically discontinue support for older operating systems to devote our resources to supporting newer systems. If we cease to support your operating system, exploitation, you will be notified and repeatedly reminded to upgrade your device to continue using WhatsApp”indicates the courier on its official website.
According to Geeko, only models 5 and 5c are concerned at Apple. The list is longer at Huawei (D, D1, D2, G740, P1, Mate), at LG (4X HD, F3, F3Q, F5, F6, F7, L2 II, L3 II, L3 Dual, L4, L4 Dual , L5 II, L7, L7 II, L7 Dual, Nitro HD, Enact and Lucid 2), at Samsung and its Galaxy (Ace 2, Core, S2, S3 Mini, Trend 2, Trend Lite, Xcover 2), and finally Sony (Arc S, Miro, Neo L).