PSA: WhatsApp will stop working on these older devices in 2023
Apps are constantly updated on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis where improvements are made, bugs are fixed, new features are added, and so on, and as time passes, certain features will no longer be compatible with older hardware and so developers tend to drop support after a period of time.
If you happen to be using WhatsApp as your main messenger app and you have not upgraded your Android phone or iPhone for a while, there is a chance that your phone could no longer be supported by the app in 2023. According to a list published by GizChina, these are the devices that will be affected.
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- Archos 53 Platinum
- Grand S Flex ZTE
- Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
- HTC Desire 500
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Mate
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Quad XL
- Lenovo A820
- LG Enact
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus 4X HD
- LG Optimus F3
- LG Optimus F3Q
- LG Optimus F5
- LG Optimus F6
- LG Optimus F7
- LG Optimus L2 II
- LG Optimus L3 II
- LG Optimus L3 II Dual
- LG Optimus L4 II
- LG Optimus L4 II Dual
- LG Optimus L5
- LG Optimus L5 Dual
- LG Optimus L5 II
- LG Optimus L7
- LG Optimus L7 II
- LG Optimus L7 II Dual
- LG Optimus Nitro HD
- Memo ZTE V956
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
- Samsung Galaxy Core
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
- Samsung Galaxy Trend II
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
- Sony Xperia Arc S
- Sony Xperia miro
- Sony Xperia Neo L
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight ZT
According to WhatsApp’s Help Center page:
“To choose what to stop supporting, every year we, like other technology companies, look at which devices and software are the oldest and have the fewest number of people still using them. These devices also might not have the latest security updates, or might lack the functionality required to run WhatsApp.”
For the most part a lot of these devices are very, very old so the fact that they are still being supported until now is actually quite impressive. We imagine that most of you have probably upgraded since, but it’s something to take note of anyway, just in case.
Source: GizChina