WhatsApp continues to claim victims among supported smartphones and will do so even during the next year . Unfortunately the high number of innovations that the company is implementing on the platform does not allow all smartphones to guarantee adequate performance and this therefore blocks application support at its latest update. After the end of support on Windows Phones, WhatsApp will cease to work on other devices still in use by fewer users. For security reasons, in fact, it is necessary to unplug the obsolete platforms and no longer supported by the respective manufacturers.

We know well WhatsApp as an instant messaging service from over 1.5 billion users : it is the most used in the Western world and since 2014 belongs to Facebook (the acquisition at the time caused a sensation for the figure of 16 billions paid by the colossus of Zuckerberg). Together with Instagram (bought in 2012 from Facebook) it is part of the family of applications of the Facebook brand, to which also Facebook and Facebook Messenger belong.

WhatsApp: here are the devices no longer supported

But on which smartphones it will no longer be able to be updated WhatsApp and therefore on which devices it will no longer be possible to have the security and all the features? The list sees all iPhones that cannot pass the iOS 9 update (therefore iPhone 4 or earlier models) while as regards Android, in this case the smartphones no longer supported are those with the version of Android prior to 4.0.3 . We are talking, however, of decidedly obsolete releases with a few years on their shoulders, fortunately, and therefore for a lower percentage.

WhatsApp is no longer available for smartphones:

• Android with version 4.0.3 or earlier
• iPhone with version of iOS 9 or earlier
• Nokia S 40 and S 60
• Smartphone with Windows Phone
• Smartphone with BlackBerry OS
• Smartphone with BlackBerry 10

To understand which type version of the operating system you own will be enough from your smartphone on the Settings. In particular:

• Android: Settings -> System -> About and you will find the Android version
• iOS: Settings -> General -> Info / Software update and you will find the iOS version

WhatsApp won’t work anymore, what to do?

Who wants to continue using WhatsApp and has one of the terminals indicated above must necessarily change the terminal , both because of the restrictions that will be activated, and because it would also be appropriate to do so in terms of security of your data. For those still on Windows Phone 8.1 or Windows 10 Mobile the advice is of course to switch to an updated iOS or Android terminal.