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WhatsApp officially stops support for old iPhones

KONTAN.CO.ID – WhatsApp is reportedly officially ending support for old-school iPhones. Older iPhones that still use iOS version 9 or below can no longer use the latest version of WhatsApp.

Who doesn’t know the WhatsApp application? This application which is used to communicate on a daily basis immediately leaves its support for smartphone made by Apple.

As time goes by, WhatsApp always presents update to a newer version. In this latest version of the upgrade, WhatsApp also has a variety of features and improvements that are better than before.

Unfortunately, with this higher version upgrade forced WhatsApp to abandon its support on old school phones. Especially for old school iPhone users, WhatsApp seems to be leaving iOS version 9 or below.

For those of you who are still using the old iPhone, be prepared to upgrade to the latest iPhone or those already running iOS above version 9. Because WhatsApp will leave its support for iPhones that are still using iOS version 9 or below.

Quoting from WABetainfo.com, The latest version of WhatsApp Beta, which is 2.21.50 Beta, no longer supports iOS 9. It is possible that the newest version will also leave support for iOS 9 in the future.

iOS itself is an operating system (OS) that runs on the iPhone. iOS 9 was first released in 2015 and supports several device iPhone. Some device those that support iOS 9 namely, iPhone 4 and 4S, iOS 9 get support update until July 2019.

So, if you are still using the iPhone 4 and 4S immediately upgrade with device which has higher specifications so you can still use WhatsApp.

Quoting from the WhatsApp FAQ, for now WhatsApp still supports iOS 9. Keep in mind, that is the minimum limit for iOS that is supported, so it is possible that the iOS version will also be upgraded so that it can run new features in the future.

So what do you think? Do you need to change your iPhone to a newer one? Or stick with the old iPhone that WhatsApp will leave behind.

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