Whatsapp to end support for these smartphones by the end of 2016. Here's the list

Earlier this year, Whatsapp turned seven years old. This messaging application has now reached about one billion monthly active users worldwide. It has been a long and amazing journey of whatsapp with us. But now, the company wants us to upgrade our smartphones, which are running on older versions of Android, iOS and Windows Phone.

Whatsapp which is now Facebook-owned firm, was started in 2009, when Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70 percent of smartphones sold at that time had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia. But now, 99.5 percent of smartphones has operating system offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft.

In a technology upgrade, WhatsApp planned to phase out compatibility with older phones as they plan to focus on the mobile platforms that vast majority of people use. WhatsApp in a blog post had said older operating systems did not "offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future."

So, whatsapp confirmed, the discontinuation of its service for older smartphones by the end of this month i.e, December, 2016 

The mobile platforms which would not be supported are:

• Android : Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
• Windows : Windows Phone 7
• BlackBerry : BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10
• iPhone : 3G/iOS6
• Nokia : Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60

However, whatsapp support will be extended for the following devices until June 30, 2017:

• BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10
• Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60

There is no need to worry, you just have to upgrade your smartphones to enjoy whatsapp messaging.

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