WhatsApp will stop supporting some Android handsets and iPhones from the start of the new year. Which handsets get the chop?
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(Pocket-lint) – WhatsApp will cease support for a selection of iPhones and Android handsets as we enter a new year.
From 1 January 2023, 49 different devices will no longer get software updates from the Meta-owned company. They might not be able to access some features or the chat application might not work entirely.
This started at the end of October, when support for iOS 10 and 11 ended – affecting the iPhone 5 and 5c specifically – now a list of Android phones to be affected has appeared online. If your device is on it, you may have restricted or zero access to WhatsApp from new year’s day.
For iPhone users, iOS 12 and 13 is now the mandatory minimum requirement to use WhatsApp.
