{"id":5759,"date":"2021-10-25T22:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T22:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=5759"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T22:56:46","slug":"whatsapp-will-stop-working-on-android-phones-iphones-by-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=5759","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Will Stop Working On Android Phones, iPhones, Others By Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Another year is about to end, that means there is another cycle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/whatsapp\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WhatsApp<\/a>\u2019s end of support for some Android smartphones and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/apple-iphone\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhones<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WhatsApp has shared a list of devices that will no longer support the Facebook-owned messaging app starting November 1, 2021. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The devices will no longer have support for the WhatsApp app and will be incompatible starting next month. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In general, these will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/android\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a> phones that are running on Android 4.0.3 or lower, and Apple iPhones that are running on iOS 9 or older.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Android phones list released by WhatsApp includes smartphones from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/samsung\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samsung<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/LG\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LG<\/a>, ZTE, Huawei, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/sony\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sony<\/a>, Alcatel, and others. iPhones, on the other hand, include the iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, and iPhone 6S. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For Samsung, the Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core, and Galaxy Ace 2 will lost support by November. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LGs Lucid 2, LG Optimus F7, LG Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus F5, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 Dual, Optimus L3 II, Optimus L7, Optimus L7 II Dual, Optimus L7 II, Optimus F6, Enact , Optimus L4 II Dual, Optimus F3, Optimus L4 II, Optimus L2 II, Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD, and Optimus F3Q will lose support for WhatsApp. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Further, devices from Chinese maker ZTE including the ZTE Grand S Flex, ZTE V956, Grand X Quad V987, and ZTE Grand Memo will stop supporting WhatsApp. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Huawei\u2019s Ascend G740, Ascend Mate, Ascend D Quad XL, Ascend D1 Quad XL, Ascend P1 S, and Ascend D2 will stop supporting the Facebook-owned messaging app. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sony\u2019s Xperia Miro, Sony Xperia Neo L, and Xperia Arc S are included in the list, alongside other devices from Alcatel, HTC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/topics\/lenovo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lenovo<\/a>, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, while these devices are nearing the end of support for WhatsApp, it does not mean that the app will stop working the moment its November 1. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The smartphones will stop getting security updates, new features, which will gradually lead to app being defunct on these older smartphones.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another year is about to end, that means there is another cycle of WhatsApp\u2019s end of support for some Android smartphones and iPhones. WhatsApp has shared a list of devices that will no longer support the Facebook-owned messaging app starting November 1, 2021. 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