Meta has determined to finish help for WhatsApp on outdated Android telephones. Extra particularly, greater than 10-year-old units are nonetheless operating on Android KitKat. Handsets nonetheless operating 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 trying to implement extra demanding options, AI functionalities, and many others., requiring extra trendy {hardware}. Listed here are many of the telephones which are getting axed:
- Samsung: Galaxy S3, Galaxy Word 2, Galaxy Ace 3, Galaxy S4 Mini
- Motorola: Moto G (1st Gen), Razr HD, Moto E 2014
- HTC: One X, One X+, Need 500, Need 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 units as burner telephones, however in case you might be nonetheless rocking both of them as a each day driver, it is best to discover a strategy to backup all of your WhatsApp information on a more recent gadget. In any other case, all of your media and chat historical past from WhatsApp will likely be gone after January 1, 2025.
Meta introduced one thing comparable for iPhones a couple of months again, ending help for iPhones operating on iOS older than model 15.1. Nonetheless, the corporate will retain help for these handsets till Might 2025.
