Upgrade Your Phone Else You Will Miss WhatsApp In 2017

By Editorial Staff in Science and Technology On 6th December 2016
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#1 Phasing out compatibility with older phones

WhatsApp, with more than one billion monthly users, was phasing out compatibility with older phones in a technology upgrade, The Mirror reported on Saturday.

"While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they do not offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," the report said, quoting a spokesperson from WhatsApp.

#2 There will not be older year services

"As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use," the spokesperson said.

The company has said that several older services would be discontinued in 2017.

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#3 No WhatsApp on any iPhone 3GS

"For iPhone users, WhatsApp will stop working on any iPhone 3GS and will also stop being supported on any device running iOS 6," Manchester Evening News reported.

The service will also stop on any first, second, third or fourth generation iPad that has not been updated. Users need to update to iOS 9.3 to use the service.

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#4 WhatsApp will not be supporting on Android 2.1 or 2.2

Phones or tablets running on Android 2.1 or 2.2 operating system will not be supported after year end.

WhatsApp will stop working on Windows 7 running devices and if you are still using Windows 7, you need to update the device as soon as possible in order to use the service.

However, WhatsApp is extending support for BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60 until June 30, 2017.

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