Owners of an older iPhone model should be careful: if they intend to continue using it WhatsAppIn fact, it will be essential to equip yourself with a more up-to-date smartphone, because soon the instant messaging platform will no longer be compatible with certain phones.
Farewell in 2025
The date has already been announced. Starting from May 5, 2025 WhatsApp will no longer be compatible with iPhones that have versions prior to iOS 15.1. At the moment the messaging app is still working even with iOS versions 12 and later, but a new update will be released very soon, and at that point it will be necessary to have a smartphone that has at least iOS 15.1 or later versions.
The farewell, according to the information released, will therefore concern the models iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus. They are all devices at least ten years old, but still used, albeit minimally. In any case, WhatsApp communicated the news five months in advance, so as to provide users with plenty of time to search for and implement solutions. Owners of these smartphones should upgrade to a more updated version in order to continue using the platform.
But why will WhatsApp no longer be compatible with certain iPhones? The reason lies in the fact that newer versions of iOS include Updated APIsas well as much more advanced features that take advantage of certain types of technologies. All this could not be supported by older operating systems. WhatsApp must then have considered that very few users now have very dated versions of iOS.
What to do
Where possible, users can choose to update your devices to the latest iOS version. To find out the operating system our iPhone is equipped with, just go to Settingschoose General and then click on Software Update.
For owners of iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus the only alternative is to switch to a smartphone compatible with at least iOS 15.1.
With regard to AndroidHowever, there won’t be any kind of problem.