WhatsApp Ceases Support for Older Operating Systems
WhatsApp users on devices with older operating systems were on the receiving end of a New Year’s Eve surprise.
WhatsApp users on devices with older operating systems were on the receiving end of a New Year’s Eve surprise.
Manish Singh of Mashable reported that the Facebook-owned messaging application no longer supports:
- Android 2.2 Froyo or older versions of Android
- iOS 6 or older
- Windows Phone 7 or earlier
Singh added that the following operating systems are heading for WhatsApp’s chopping block in June:
- BlackBerry 10 OS
- Nokia S40
- Nokia Symbian S60
WhatsApp announced these steps in a blog post last February, writing at the time:
When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today.
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