Get ready, January 1, 2021 WhatsApp withdraws support to a number of smartphones

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – WhatsApp has announced it will end support in a number smartphone old, good Android and iOS starting January 1, 2021.

In other words, application chatting it won’t work on those devices.

This decision was made considering that WhatsApp felt the operating system on the device was too out of date. So, what devices cannot access WhatsApp starting next year?

Quoted from Enterpreneur, Thursday (31/12/2020), the Android version that is no longer supported WhatsApp next year is Android 4.0.3 or below.

For devices that still run this operating system, they are very old, such as the Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Droid Razr, HTC Desire, and LG Optimus Black.

As for Apple devices, WhatsApp says all iPhones that are still using iOS 8 and below can no longer use their services. In this case, iPhone 4 or earlier will no longer be supported.

However, a number iPhone Other legacies such as the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6S can still use WhatsApp as long as they have updated to iOS 9.

For information, some of the iPhone models above actually support updates up to iOS 14. Therefore, you need to check the operating system on your device again so that you can still use WhatsApp in 2021.

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