The developers of the WhatsApp messenger revise the supported operating systems about once a year. The last time it happened was in December 2020, and now there is a new revision: from November 1 of this year, the application will no longer work on smartphones running Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS 9 and KaiOS 2.5.0.
Published a list of 43 devices that from this day will no longer be able to install WhatsApp. It looks like this:
Apple
- iPhone SE;
- iPhone 6S;
- iPhone 6S Plus.
Samsung
- Galaxy Trend Lite;
- Galaxy Trend II;
- Galaxy SII;
- Galaxy S3 mini;
- Galaxy Xcover 2;
- Galaxy Core;
- Galaxy Ace 2.
LG
- Lucid 2;
- Optimus F7;
- Optimus F5;
- Optimus L3 II Dual;
- Optimus F5;
- Optimus L5;
- Best L5 2;
- Optimus L5 Dual;
- Best L3 2;
- Optimus L7;
- Optimus L7 II Dual;
- Best L7 2;
- Optimus F6 Enact;
- Optimus L4 II Dual;
- Optimus F3;
- Best L4 2;
- Best L2 2;
- Optimus Nitro HD и 4X HD;
- Optimus F3Q.
ZTE
- Grand S Flex;
- V956;
- Grand X Quad V987;
- Grand Memo.
Huawei
- Ascend G740;
- Ascend Mate;
- Ascend D Quad XL;
- Ascend D1 Quad XL;
- Ascend P1 S;
- Ascend D2.
Sony
- Sony Xperia Miro;
- Sony Xperia Neo L;
- Xperia Arc S.
Other
- Alcatel One Touch Evo 7;
- Archos 53 Platinum;
- HTC Desire 500;
- Caterpillar Cat B15;
- Wiko Cink Five;
- Wiko Darknight;
- Lenovo A820;
- UMi X2;
- Faea F1;
- THL W8.
At the moment, WhatsApp developers recommend devices running:
- Android 4.1 and newer;
- iOS 10 and newer;
- KaiOS 2.5.1 and newer (including JioPhone and JioPhone 2).
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