nearly 50 smartphone models will no longer be compatible

Many users of Meta’s green logo messaging will no longer see the application working on their smartphones. This is attributed to a new wave of abandonment of all old phones and operating systems.

Like every year, WhatsApp updates the list of cell phones on which it is possible to access the latest version of the application. This involves redirecting its resources to newer models. As a result, it plans to stop supporting those operating under old OS by the end of the year.

A necessary approach to stay in the race with the latest technological advances

This news is frustrating to say the least for the users concerned. However, WhatsApp’s approach is justified. Indeed, during the recent wave of media deletions which took place last October, the messaging service was keen to explain the reasons which motivated it to do so.

« To keep up with the latest technological advances, we regularly stop supporting older operating systems and dedicate our resources to supporting the latest systems.”, she indicated on her help page. Meta messaging therefore had to raise the minimum operating requirements of its application. From now on, you will need to have a smartphone running Android 5.0 Lollipop or iOS 12 at least to be able to use it.

Which phones are affected by this abandonment?

As we noted above, this isn’t the first time WhatsApp has ended support for certain devices. In fact, since October, a range of models no longer work with messaging. Among them are the iPhone SE, 6S and 6S plus. Furthermore, the communication platform had stopped working on no less than 40 Android devices.

This time again, and from December 31, nearly 50 terminals are added to the list, which you will discover in the table below.