The date to mark on the calendar is tomorrow, Thursday 29 February: on many iOS and Android devices the most used messaging app in the world, Whatsapp, it will stop working. Don’t worry, it certainly won’t happen en masse on all mobile phones and even less so on those who use the web version on PCs, for example. The problem will especially affect i operating systems more obsolete which we are now going to list.
Who will say goodbye to WhatsApp
There is no complete list provided directly by the company but the developers let it be known that, at the moment, the use of the app is supported and recommended for Android users.”with OS 5.0 and above, iPhone with iOS version 12 and above, KaiOS 2.5.0 and above, including JioPhone and JioPhone 2″. As a result, WhatsApp will stop working on all devices Android which have an operating system prior to 5.0, among which the following appear Samsung: the Galaxy Core, the Galaxy Trend Lite, the Galaxy Ace2, the Galaxy s3 Mini, the Galaxy Trend II and the Galaxy X2. Furthermore, it will be impossible to message on the devices LG of the range Optimus in addition to the Ativar and Lucid 2 while on Huawei here WhatsApp will not work on Ascend Mate, Ascend G740, Ascend D2. About the products Applefinally, it will stop working on iPhone 6S and 6S Plus devices and in the first generation of iPhone SE, basically those that have stopped iOS 11 introduced on the market in 2017.
The company note
Among the WhatsApp FAQs, experts launch two important warnings: the first concerns updates on devices and software which are, by their nature, subject to “to frequent changes“. For this reason periodically “We review which operating systems we support and perform any necessary updates“. The second and most important are periodic checks on the latest and oldest devices and software: the latter in particular may no longer have essential security updates available and, consequently, make WhatsApp functionality impossible.
What to do
Also in this case there are two ways to make the app work on a device considered obsolete: the first concerns the updates to be performed, if supported by the operating system in question, which the user will find available automatically so as to be able to to execute. The second, however, is the purchase of a new smartphone if the one owned is too old to be able to support the most modern updates. It is important to underline one aspect: the possible purchase of a new mobile phone will only be necessary for those who need to use WhatsApp but any phone will continue to function normally (calls, messages, internet, etc.).