WhatsApp does not work on these iPhone models in October
WhatsApp is the world’s most popular chat platform and hit 2 billion users more than two years ago. Apple offers rich instant messaging features on par with other similar apps. And WhatsApp supports end-to-end encryption for text and calls like Apple’s iMessage. The best about this is often that WhatsApp works on iPhones and android.
But WhatsApp continues to evolve, which suggests older devices can lose access to the app in the close to future. Come October, WhatsApp for iPhone requires at least iOS 12, which means some older iPhones don’t cut it. Facebook (now Meta) spent about 20 billion to acquire the chat platform in early 2014. The company has been updating WhatsApp in recent years, adding new features. This helped the platform grow when it came to monthly users but did not help Facebook make money from it. Last year, Facebook made a controversial privacy change to WhatsApp, following numerous pushbacks from users and some governments. Although millions of users are hooked on competing products, WhatsApp is the most used messaging app on iPhone and Android. And it’s only last year that we learned that WhatsApp doesn’t support various older smartphones. On November 1, 2021, WhatsApp discontinued support for Android handsets running the iPhone on OS versions older than Android 4.1 and software older than iOS 10.
WhatsApp on iPhone requires iOS 12
About a year later, WhatsApp will make another significant change to its minimum requirements. Chat apps can not support iOS ten or iOS eleven from October 24. WaBetaInfo, a popular WhatsApp leaker, has revealed a notification appearing on devices running iOS versions older than iOS 12. The WhatsApp support document also notes the iOS 12 requirement. This means that the iPhone five and iPhone 5c models launched by Apple in Sept 2012 can now not be ready to run WhatsApp. But newer models will temporarily affect iPhone users who have not updated their devices to iOS 12 or later. Say you have an iPhone 5s or iPhone 6 in iOS 10 released in September 2016. You will not be able to use WhatsApp unless you upgrade to the newest iOS update accessible for those handsets. If you’re still using a nearly 10-year-old iPhone, losing access to WhatsApp may not be your biggest problem. The most pressing problem with the iPhone 5 or iPhone 5c is the phone’s battery life after many years of service. You might want to upgrade to a brand new iPhone. You will solve the problems of battery life and secure WhatsApp access in the years to come. Not to mention that any new iPhone you buy right now will significantly improve overall performance. Plus, it’s easy to move all your WhatsApp chats to the new iPhone once you’ve upgraded. WhatsApp – You have until October 24 to decide how to handle the mandatory iPhone upgrade. Apple will continue to send notifications, warning of loss of access. And remember, the new iPhones will be out in late September, and the current iPhone models will get a price discount at the same time.