As already happened for the BlackBerry last year, WhatsApp from January 1, 2020 has decided to abandon millions of smartphones whose operating systems are considered obsolete.
The popular instant messaging platform will no longer work immediately on all devices with the Windows Phone operating system (which the parent company Microsoft has decided to abandon). But the list will lengthen from February 1, 2020, when the chat will no longer be compatible with smartphones with Android 2.3.7 on board (operating system launched in 2010) and iPhones with iOS 8 (launched in 2014).
WhatsApp says goodbye to millions of smartphones
"We intend to focus our efforts on mobile platforms that use the vast majority of people - explains the WhatsApp team - Although these mobile devices have been an important part of our history, they do not offer the type of functionality that we need to expand functionality. of our app in the future. "
For those who have one of the phones that mount these operating systems, the first thing to do is to save photos, videos and documents by connecting the device to the computer. The second is to save the conversations and the same multimedia contents on Onedrive, by accessing from the Settings.