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WhatsApp will stop working on some iPhones and Android devices from January 1 after the Whatsapp update

There are a few Android and iOS telephones that will be unable to run WhatsApp as the organization will pull out help for more established variants of OS from one year from now due to the new WhatsApp update.

Here are the means by which to check what variant of OS your cell phone is running on and will it uphold the application from 2021 or not. 

WhatsApp has been in the news this year for delivering plenty of highlights for its in excess of 2 billion clients across the world. The year saw probably the most foreseen highlights from the Facebook-possessed informing application, for example, Dark Mode includes, Disappearing Messages alternative, WhatsApp upgrade and that's just the beginning.

Notwithstanding, WhatsApp has consistently kept up that "For the best experience, we recommend you use the latest software version of Android or iOS and all other compatible software."

Accordingly, come 2021, WhatsApp will quit dealing with various cell phones. As refreshed on the FAQ uphold page of the Facebook-possessed informing application, there are a few Android and iOS telephones that will be unable to run the application as the organization will pull out help for more established forms of OS from one year from now.

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As indicated by the data on the WhatsApp FAQ segment, WhatsApp may be viable with telephones running the Android 4.0.3 working framework or fresher just as iPhones running on iOS 9 and more current.

For Android telephones, models including HTC Desire, LG Optimus Black, Motorola Droid Razr, or even the Samsung Galaxy S2 will not, at this point have the option to have WhatsApp.

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For iPhones, iPhone 4 and prior models won't uphold WhatsApp soon. Models 4S, 5, 5S, 5C, 6, and 6S should refresh their working framework to iOS 9 or later to keep utilizing WhatsApp.

In the event of the 6S, 6S Plus, and the original iPhone SE, they are the last to help the most recent form of the recently delivered iOS 14.

Aside from this, the Facebook-possessed texting stage will keep the application running for select telephones with KaiOS 2.5.1 OS or more up to date, including JioPhone and JioPhone 2, it said.

Besides, WhatsApp additionally said that there's no choice to move your visit history between stages. In any case, it gives the alternative to send out your visit history as an email connection.

Instructions to know your present OS version:


To discover your present working framework for telephone, iPhone clients can go to Settings > General > About, to discover the iOS form.

For Android clients, you can go to Settings and afterward on About Phone (which is most likely toward the finish of the segment) to see which Android form your cell phone is running on.

Consistently end, WhatsApp closes uphold for more seasoned iOS and Android cell phones. In 2020 start, WhatsApp quit working for Android telephones running on Android 2.3.7 working framework and lower just as iPhones running on iOS 8 and lower.

It likewise pushed on the way that these more seasoned adaptations of Android and iOS working frameworks "can at this point don't make new records, nor re-confirm existing records after February 1, 2020."

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