WhatsApp will stop working on some smartphones from December 31st

regularly, The WhatsApplove others Appsstop supporting smart phones and older operating systems. As of December 31, the popular app Correspondence It will no longer work on old 49 device reports phoneandroid. Most of the date is about 10 years ago.

As for iPhones, the iPhone 5 and 5c, released in 2012 and 2013 respectively, are affected by this software support. It will now be necessary to have at least iOS 12.1, released in 2018, to be able to use the app, as specified Numerama. on the system side robotSupport ends for all devices that are still running a version prior to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the version launched in 2012. Among them, we find Samsung Galaxy S2 and S3 mini, HTC Desire 500 or several LG Optimus.

Keep up to date with the latest developments

in a WhatsApp support pages, the app teams explain why instant messaging support is regularly discontinued for some older devices. “To keep up with the latest technological developments, we regularly stop supporting older operating systems to devote our resources to supporting the newer systems,” she says. The last end of support It is dated October 24, 2022 with the end of support for iOS 10 and 11.

In total, for Android in February 2021, it’s still estimated that 0.2% of smartphones are still running Jelly Bean. Since then, Google has released ten more major versions, 4.4 (KitKat), 5 (Lollipop), 6 (Marshmallow), 7 (Nougat), 8 (Oreo), 9 (Pie), 10, 11, 12 and 13. iOS next to it in version 16.2.