The WhatsApp instant messaging application will be updated soon. Messaging will no longer be compatible with some devices.
To WhatsApp users: soon, messages with the green logo may no longer be accessible from your smartphone! The application will soon proceed to an update that may break its use on many phones. Messaging will no longer be accessible on some phone models that are several years old, our media colleagues reveal. phoneandroid.
The site mentions the date of December 31, but for the moment the WhatsApp application has not communicated a specific deadline for this new update. In practice, the Apple brand would be primarily interested. The iPhone 5 and 5c would be the first to be affected by this change. The specialized media iGeneration explains, with supporting evidence, that it is already impossible to use the messaging application on these phone models. This would only be available on devices running the iOS 12 operating system.
What about Android technology?
As for smartphones using Android operating systems, only devices using a version lower than 4.1 will no longer be able to use WhatsApp. In this case, you will need to download a newer version of the operating system or even consider switching phones…” If we stop supporting your operating system, you will be notified and repeatedly reminded to update your device to continue using WhatsApp”, specifies the application on its website.
“To keep up with the latest technological advances, we regularly stop supporting older operating systems to devote our resources to supporting the newer systems,” WhatsApp points out.
