This month of January 2022, WhatsApp will likely withdraw support from various Android and iPhone devices. Facebook-owned SMS platform WhatsApp has updated the list of devices in its blog posts.
The messaging platform is discontinuing support for older versions of Android, iOS, and older smartphone operating systems as part of the annual update. WhatsApp has revealed that it will stop working on more than 30 smartphones in January 2022.
The list includes these iPhone smartphones 6S, iPhone I KNOW, Samsung phones Galaxy, Sony Xperia M, HTC Desire 500, LG Optimus F7 and many others. Since these mobile phone companies have millions of users, this extreme step of WhatsApp will affect millions of its users. According to a report shared by Sproutweird, WhatsApp will stop supporting many older phones in Brazil.
Over 2.2 billion active WhatsApp users worldwide, including over 100 million in Brazil alone. However, it is not very clear whether this isto apply to to another part of the world, including India.
As many of these smartphones from the WhatsApp list are also used in India, this is of concern to Indian users as well. However, any confirmation on WhatsApp support for Indian users is still pending.
WhatsApp will no longer support these operating systems. IPhone users with iOS 9 or lower will no longer enjoy WhatsApp support and will no longer send messages, photos, videos or any other service provided by the platform. So if your iPhone or operating system is old then you will not be able to install the updated version of WhatsApp, and soon your WhatsApp will not work at all.
Those iPhones will no longer be supported by WhatsApp in January 2022:
Apple iPhone I KNOW – (16 Go, 32 Go et 64 Go)
Apple iPhone 6S – (32 Go et 64 Go)
Apple iPhone 6S Plus – (16 Go, 32 Go, 64 Go et 128 Go)
Apple iPhone 6S – (128 Go) Un Apple iPhone 6s – (16 Go)
How can you prevent your phone from losing WhatsApp support?
WhatsApp users with old phones OS need to update their operating system to the latest WhatsApp operating system and phone system.
