The official end date for the support for these versions will be on 1st February 2020. This means that WhatsApp users that fail to update their phone’s system version might have their services cut after the specified date.
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular messaging platform, boasting 1.5 billion regular users. The free app is one of the most secure available, due to the incorporation of end-to-end encryption. And another reason for WhatsApp's enduring popularity is the regular introduction of new features, such as stickers and group calls.
The Facebook owned platform claimed it was initiating this move simply because older mobile operating system no longer support the kind of features and capabilities they tend to include in the messaging application.
Here are some prominent phones that WhatsApp will cease their support on:
1. iPhone 4
2. Google Nexus S
3. Samsung Galaxy S
4. Samsung Google Nexus S
5. Lumia 650
6. Nokia 206 Single SIM and dual SIM models
7. Nokia 208
8. Nokia 301 Single SIM and dual SIM Chat Edition
9. Nokia 515 Preinstalled WhatsApp New
10. Nokia Asha 201
11. Nokia Asha 205 Chat Edition
12. Nokia Asha 210
13. Nokia Asha 230 Single SIM and dual SIM models
14. Nokia Asha 300
15. Nokia Asha 302
16 Nokia Asha 303
17 Nokia Asha 305
18 Nokia Asha 306
19 Nokia Asha 308
20 Nokia Asha 309
21 Nokia Asha 310
22 Nokia Asha 311
WhatsApp originally announced the news back in 2016 with a range of devices including BlackBerry, Windows phone and some Apple iPhones to be blocked later that year.
But the deadline was then extended for phones running Apple's iOS 7 and Android versions 2.3.7, and these will now support WhatsApp until February 1, 2020.
It should be noted that all windows phones will also cease to receive support for their WhatsApp app. To put it simply: no matter how new your windows phone is, the messaging app will no longer support it. While iPhones is pretty straight forward with which phone will no be receiving support, Android and its open source is a bit tricky.
Below is the list of mobile platforms that will no longer be supported at the beginning of 2017
- Android : Android 2.1 and 2.2
- Windows : Windows Phone 7
- iPhone: 3GS/ iOS 6
