WhatsApp is going stop working on these old phones Samsung and Apple

WhatsApp, the most popular messaging application used daily by hundreds of millions of people will stop working for certain old phones. Come 1st of November the instant messaging application will stop working on certain types of Android and iOS mobile phones, something that will undoubtedly affect millions of people.

The reason behind this move by WhatsApp is that these are old devices and keeping them supported would require enormous resources to be devoted to them. Also, it is a fact that WhatsApp has undergone several changes over the years and new features have been added that these phones do not support. Also, there is the problem of security. Providing security on these old devices is extremely difficult for the Facebook-owned app.

Here is a complete list of smartphones that will no longer be supported by WhatsApp:

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite

Galaxy SII

Galaxy Trend II

Galaxy S3 mini

Galaxy core

Galaxy xcover 2

Galaxy ace 2LG Lucid 2

Optimus L5 double

Optimus L4 II Double

Optimus F3Q

Optimus f7

Optimus f5

Optimus L3 II Double

Optimus f5

Optimus L5

Optimus L5 II

Optimus L3 II

Optimus L7

Optimus L7 II Double

Optimus L7 II

Optimus f6

Enact

Optimus f3

Optimus L4 II

Optimus L2 II

Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD

Apple

iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

Apple iPhone SE (1st generation)

Huawei

Huawei Ascend G740

Ascend D Quad XL

Mate Ascension

Go up P1 S

Go up D2

Ascension D1 Quad XL

Additionally, WhatsApp has also warned that “In WhatsApp Web, the desktop version for computers, users will also not be able to enter, since it is necessary to scan a QR code from the cell phone tPeople who have an Android phone and want to use WhatsApp after November 1 can update it by following several steps.

Open the Settings tab and select About Phone, you should have the option to check for updates when the new operating system is available. All you have to do is click on the “Install Now” or “Install overnight” option.

How to update “iPhone” to the latest operating system

Updating the iPhone is easy, but you need to keep their phones plugged in.

Open the Settings tab and then click General and Software Update. iPhones come with the option of allowing automatic updates. You can find this option by re-opening the Software Update tab in Settings.hat has a device compatible with the new update.”