2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
As of January 1, users who use Windows Phone mobile phones, in addition to Android and iPhone with obsolete operating systems, will not be able to use WhatsApp's instant messaging services, according to parent company Facebook.
The software giant explains that users with Android 2.3.7 or earlier and IPhone users with IOS 8 or earlier, have until February 1, 2020 to continue using the application.
According to various media outlets, the new measure to block access for all versions of cellular Windows is due to an update that maximizes security levels for the more than 1 billion people who use the platform.
“As of December 31, 2019, you will not be able to continue using WhatsApp on any device with Windows Phone operating system. The application may no longer be available on the Microsoft Store as of July 1, 2019. Because we are no longer developing the application for these operating systems, some of the features may stop working at any time, wrote the company. on their website.
Currently, WhatsApp is also compatible with the following devices: Android with operating system 4.0.3 or later, iPhone with iOS 9 or later, and some phone models with KaiOS 2.5.1 or later, including JioPhone and JioPhone 2.
To know what operating system you have installed on your cell phone, in the case of iPhone you must access Settings- General- Information. As for Android, enter the option Settings- System-About phone- Android version.
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