Many users affected: The WhatsApp service will soon be discontinued on these iPhones
Created: 2022-09-07 05:42
By: Anna Lorenz
WhatsApp is popular among smartphone users worldwide.
However, support for some generations of iPhones will soon end.
Many consumers are affected.
Mountain View – WhatsApp: Whether Android or iOS, billions of people around the world use the messenger service on their smartphones.
The app, which now belongs to the Facebook empire Meta, delivers tens of thousands of messages every minute and has become an indispensable part of everyday life for many.
WhatsApp is currently working on a completely new app that is supposed to make it even easier to use on the PC.
However, some iPhone users will have to switch phones if they want to continue using WhatsApp.
The service will soon end support for millions of Apple cell phones.
WhatsApp: Support for iPhone ends - These operating systems are affected
Users whose iPhone is currently running the iOS 10 or iOS 11 operating system will be affected by the change in WhatsApp.
According to the information
portal WABetaInfo
, there will no longer be any support for these from October 24 of this year.
The innovation was foreseeable;
WhatsApp already lists iOS 12 and newer generations as recommended operating systems in its Help Center.
The reason: the messenger service changes its functions at regular intervals - for example, in March 2022 it was announced that photos on WhatsApp could soon be edited with a digital eraser.
However, such features cannot be made to work with all operating systems.
WhatsApp: Two operating systems are no longer supported – these devices are out
However, those who do not want to do without the messenger service can breathe a sigh of relief in most cases: An update to the latest version of iOS is possible on most devices - this also increases security, since any gaps in previous operating systems are closed.
However, there are problems for users of the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 5C.
Apple will no longer update these smartphones to iOS 12, so WhatsApp support will end for them on October 24, 2022.
(askl)