Whether you're using WhatsApp messaging for business or personal use, you should consider checking the list in this post to know if your device is affected in the latest purge.
WhatsApp, the world's most popular messenger app will stop working on some Android and iOS devices by November 1.
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From time to time, the Facebook-owned app does update its software requirements for supported operating systems. Starting from November 1, WhatsApp will work only on smartphones running on Android OS 4.1 and above, iOS 10 and above, and phones running on KaiOS 2.5.1 and above. These include the JioPhone and JioPhone 2.
Just before we check out the list of affected smartphones, we do advice you to go to your phone's 'Settings', locate 'About Phone' and then update your phone to the latest operating system.
However, for very old smartphones, you might check and won't find new updates available. For those kind of device, the only option is to check to see if your smartphone is running on OS below Android 4.1 or iOS 10. Or you can just scroll through the list to see if your device is affected. If you fall in this category, then you will have to upgrade to a new smartphone to be able to use WhastApp.
List of smartphones that WhatsApp won't support by November 1
This list was possible courtesy of Metro News. Kindly go through the list and remember to share this post with your friends on social media.
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iPhone:
iPhone 5, iPhone 5C, and iPhone 5S which have been updated to iOS 10 are safe from this purge. However, it remains unlikely that it will escape the next set of devices that won't be supported.
As for the iPhone SE (1st generation) the device can be updated to iOS 14, while iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, and later released iPhones can be updated to iOS 15.
As for iPhone 4S and older versions stuck at iOS 9 won't be able to use WhatsApp.
Samsung:
Here are the list of smartphones from Samsung that won't support WhatsApp come next month. They include;
Galaxy Trend Lite,
Galaxy Trend II
Galaxy SIII
Galaxy S3 mini
Galaxy Xcover 2
Galaxy Core
Galaxy Ace 2
LG:
Smartphones from LG that won't support WhatsApp after this month includes;
Lucid 2
Optimus F7
Optimus F5
Optimus L3 II Dual
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
Optimus Nitro 4X HD
Optimus F3Q
ZTE:
ZTE smartphones that have any of the device listed below won't be able to use WhatsApp next month.
ZTE Grand S Flex
ZTE V956
Grand X Quad V987
Grand Memo
Huawei:
List of smartphones from the China-based company that won't be supported next month includes:
Huawei Ascend G740
Ascend Mate
Ascend D Quad XL
Ascend D1 Quad XL
Ascend P1 S
Ascend D2
Sony:
Find the list of Sony Smartphones that will loss WhatsApp support in November.
Xperia Miro
Xperia Neo L
Xperia Arc S
Other device manufactures:
A few device from other manufactures include the HTC Desire 500 and Lenovo A820