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The service
WhatsApp messaging will stop working on cell phones and tablets with
software that the company considers old.
Hence,
When updating its terms of Service, the message platform made it clear
that will not develop updates on those devices with
operating systems lower than Android 2.3.7 (Gingerbread) and iOS 8.
“As anticipated, the cell phones that will become obsolete for the app” after February 1, 2020. ” Thus, the devices will not be able to create new accounts or re-verify existing ones, ”he explains the Cuban official press.
For another
side, adds that, among the teams that will be outside the support provided
by the company, owned by Facebook, for example, the iPhone 4 and
iPad third and fourth generation.
“They add
also to Nokia S40 devices and all those with operating system
Microsoft, where it stopped working on December 31. The app had
ceased to be available in the Microsoft store after July 1 of
last year, ”notes the note.
But,how can you tell if your cell phone is obsolete?
Android:
go to “Phone settings” and from there to “About phone” or “About phone
device ”to check the installed version of the Operating System.
Iphone:
Go to “Settings / General / Information”, and next to “Version” the update will appear
iOS cell phone.
Microsoft
Phone: It is not available for any cell phone that has this system.
What can you
Do if your cell phone is obsolete?
The
company detailed that those devices that stop running the
program cannot export their chats or all their activity in the app to another
platform. “But we provide the option to export your chat history as a
mail attached ”, they specified.
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