WhatsApp To Stop Working On These Android Devices Soon: Unsupported Version, What To Do And More

Starting October 24, WhatsApp will stop working on several smartphones that are running relatively older versions of operating systems. This includes smartphones from Samsung, Google, Sony, LG and other brands.

Why WhatsApp will stop working on these devices
Every year, WhatsApp updates its compatible devices list or operating system version to keep the user experience intact. This year, WhatsApp has dropped the support for Android 4.1 which means, all the devices running Android 4.1 or older operating system won’t support WhatsApp.

How this will affect users
With this, starting from October 24, users running these phones won’t be able to run WhatsApp apps anymore or atleast the latest version of WhatsApp. It is also to be noted that the older version of WhatsApp will miss out on latest features and will also become more susceptible to hacks and breaches due to lack of safety and security updates.

About supported operating systems

Currently, we provide support for and recommend using the following devices:

Android running OS 4.1 and newer

iPhone running iOS 12 and newer

KaiOS 2.5.0 and newer, including JioPhone and JioPhone 2

Once you have one of these devices, install WhatsApp and register your phone number.

Note:

Starting October 24, 2023, only Android OS version 5.0 and newer will be supported.

Your phone must be able to receive SMS or calls during the verification process. We don’t support setting up new accounts on WiFi only devices.

How we choose what to support

Devices and software change often, so we regularly review what operating systems we support and make updates.

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.

What happens if your operating system is no longer supported

Before we stop supporting your operating system, you'll be notified directly in WhatsApp ahead of time and reminded a few times to upgrade.

We’ll update this page regularly to ensure that the latest operating systems that we support are listed.

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