Android WhatsApp will stop running on MILLIONS of phones from tomorrow

[console]

WhatsApp users could find themselves no longer able to use the app after the clock strikes midnight, when the technology stops running on older phones.

Changes in technology will see the hugely popular app stop working on certain mobiles, meaning that some users will be forced to upgrade their handsets if they want to continue using the service.

The popular messaging app, which has more than a billion users worldwide, announced earlier this month that it will no longer support a range of older operating platforms by the end of the year.

The changes are expected to affect millions of users globally, who use handsets including the iPhone 3GS and Windows Phone 7.

WhatsApp said it will be phasing out support for older Windows, Android and Apple models by January, with the service set to end for Blackberry users and Nokia models by mid-2017.

WHICH PHONES WILL LOSE OUT?
WhatsApp has announced that it will no longer support a range of older operating platforms by the end of the year.

By the end of this year Whatsapp will no longer work on:

- Android 2.1 and 2.2

- Windows Phone 7

- iPhone 3GS/iOS 6

In June 2017, WhatsApp will no longer be supported for:

- BlackBerry

- Nokia S40

- Nokia Symbian S60

 

[IndianMascot]

I saw one person sitting beside me with s similar phone struggling to use whatsapp. Bad and inefficient move from WhatsApp Inc

 

[Aviral Sangal]

Sad tier 2 and mostly tier 3 cities will hit hard?

 

[Technoglitch]

I saw one person sitting beside me with s similar phone struggling to use whatsapp. Bad and inefficient move from WhatsApp Inc

you were using win 7 phone, isn't it?

 

[Technoglitch]

I saw one person sitting beside me with s similar phone struggling to use whatsapp. Bad and inefficient move from WhatsApp Inc

you were using win 7 phone, isn't it?

 

[Technoglitch]

Sad tier 2 and mostly tier 3 cities will hit hard?

mostly yes but new models are coming up with latest OS versions.