WhatsApp is the most widely used messaging service in the world with over 2 billion active users per month. Facebook’s proprietary software is even more popular than Messenger, with users around the world and on a wide variety of devices, including extremely old, outdated versions of Android. Unfortunately for some of these older Android users, WhatsApp will no longer support the messaging software on these devices in November.
While WhatsApp is compatible with a wide variety of devices, the company occasionally increases the minimum Android version, which was previously set to Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. When November arrives, the company changed its website to only support Android 4.1 smartphones, as reported by feature leaker WABetaInfo. Users with these older devices will no longer be able to receive WhatsApp updates after this date.
According to the official WhatsApp support page, the company currently supports Android 4.1 and later, which suggests that devices produced after 2013 should continue to work with WhatsApp for the foreseeable future. However, those with older phones will not be able to get upgrades beyond this date. WhatsApp isn’t the first company to do this; some others have dropped support for older versions of Android as multi-version support can make the app bulky and hinder optimization.
You don’t have to worry about WhatsApp removing support for older devices if you’ve just bought a new smartphone that has received at least one upgrade in the past few years. You cannot receive updates if you have an old, outdated smartphone such as the LG Optimus L3, Samsung Galaxy SII, Galaxy Core, ZTE Grand S Flex or Huawei Ascend G740 4.0.4 and older on November 1st, 2021. Please switch to a supported device or save your chat history until then, “says the company.
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