Popular messaging platform WhatsApp has stopped app support for around 35 smartphones. That is, if their users want to continue using WhatsApp, they have to change their phone. The Meta-owned platform has once again announced the end of app support for around 35 Android and iOS devices. The list of these devices includes phones from Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Sony, LG and Huawei.
Popular messaging platform WhatsApp often ends app support for older smartphones to improve its services for newer devices. The Meta-owned platform has once again announced the end of app support for around 35 Android and iOS devices. The list of these devices includes phones from Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Sony, LG and Huawei.
Meta’s service has given its users time to back up their chat history, so that their old chats can be migrated to the new device. To continue using WhatsApp, these users will now have to upgrade their smartphones. That means these users have no other option but to replace their existing phone. Below you can see the list of smart phones which WhatsApp will no longer work.
WhatsApp will not work in this smartphone
If you have any of the mobile phones mentioned below, you will not be able to use WhatsApp without changing it.
iPhone 5
iPhone 6
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone SE
Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
Galaxy Core
Galaxy Express 2
Galaxy Grand
Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy S3 Mini
Galaxy S4 Active
Galaxy S4 Mini
Galaxy S4 Zoom
Moto G
Moto X
Sony Xperia Z1
Xperia E3
LG Optimus 4X HD
Optimus G
Optimus G Pro
Optimus L7
Lenovo 46600
Lenovo A858T
Lenovo P70
Lenovo S890
Huawei Ascend P6 S
Ascend G525
Huawei C199
Huawei GX1s
Huawei Y625
If you want to continue using WhatsApp, you must have a device running Android 5.0 or later and iOS 12 or later.
This is how you can backup to an old phone
Before starting to use WhatsApp in the new phone, it is important to backup the chats from the old phone, so that you don’t miss the old chats. For this, after going to chats from settings, you have to tap on chat backup. You can tap on ‘Back up now’ to create an instant backup and transfer this backup file to another mobile phone.
