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WhatsApp will stop working on older iPhones this fall

In a few months, WhatsApp will stop working on some iPhones running iOS 10 and iOS 11. According to information provided by the WABetaInfo resource, support for the popular messenger for these devices will be terminated on October 24 this year. This is confirmed by the updated FAQ section on the WhatsApp website, where iOS 12 is listed as the minimum version of the Apple operating system for the full operation of the application.

This means that on smartphones such as the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C, the messenger will stop updating and eventually will not work, since the latest version of iOS for them is 10.3.4 and 10.3.3, respectively. Yes, there will be those who still use the iPhone 5, released ten years ago, but such people are probably few.

Retirement of support for legacy iOS versions is required to implement new WhatsApp features. Recently, a lot of interesting innovations have appeared in the messenger. For example, now the team is testing the function of leaving the group without notification. In addition, updating to the latest version of iOS gives the user access to the latest operating system security patches, which is why developers always recommend doing this.

Source: Trash Box

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