Meta has determined to finish help for WhatsApp on outdated Android telephones. Extra particularly, greater than 10-year-old gadgets are nonetheless working on Android KitKat. Handsets nonetheless working on that model of the OS or older will now not have entry to WhatsApp beginning January 1, 2025.
The rationale for the discontinued help is WhatsApp’s evolving options and functionalities. Meta is seeking to implement extra demanding options, AI functionalities, and so forth., requiring extra trendy {hardware}. Listed here are many of the telephones which might be getting axed:
- Samsung: Galaxy S3, Galaxy Be aware 2, Galaxy Ace 3, Galaxy S4 Mini
- Motorola: Moto G (1st Gen), Razr HD, Moto E 2014
- HTC: One X, One X+, Want 500, Want 601
- LG: Optimus G, Nexus 4, G2 Mini, L90
- Sony: Xperia Z, Xperia SP, Xperia T, Xperia V
Maybe a few of you might be nonetheless utilizing these gadgets as burner telephones, however in case you might be nonetheless rocking both of them as a each day driver, you must discover a option to backup all of your WhatsApp knowledge on a more recent gadget. In any other case, all of your media and chat historical past from WhatsApp might be gone after January 1, 2025.
Meta introduced one thing related for iPhones a couple of months again, ending help for iPhones working on iOS older than model 15.1. Nevertheless, the corporate will retain help for these handsets till Could 2025.
