WhatsApp Will Stop Working On Some Of Smartphones After 10 Days: Check Full List Here

New Delhi: Last month, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp reportedly announced that it would stop working on multiple smartphones in 10 days starting November 1. However, if your WhatsApp is blocked, then you won’t be able to send or view messages, photos or videos on your old smartphones. Giving further updates, WhatsApp said that the app will not support older versions of Android and iOS.

On the other hand, if anyone has smartphone that supports Android OS 4.1 and iOS 10 and above will be the only one who can use the messaging app. The Android and iOS users can check the software version they are using by going to the settings of the mobile phone.

As per the information shared on the WhatsApp FAQ section, starting November 1 Facebook-owned texting platform will cease to support systems running on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS 9, and KaiOS 2.5.0.

The list released by WhatsApp includes smartphones from Samsung, LG, ZTE, Huawei, Sony, Alcatel, and others. Notably, these phones will not receive support from WhatsApp and will be incompatible with the app.

However, Android users can check Settings, then About Phone to see which Android version their smartphone is running on. Earlier, WhatsApp had stated that it is working on view once messages that would disappear forever after just being viewed once.

Here’s full list of smartphones on which WhatsApp will stop working:

Apple

iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

Apple iPhone SE

Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite

Galaxy SII

Galaxy Trend II

Galaxy S3 mini

Galaxy core

Galaxy xcover 2