As it regularly happens, applications, regardless of their fame or use, end up progressing in functionality and capabilities, and for this, among other things, it is necessary to stop being compatible with older devices that hinder their operation. It can end up including your iPhone, if you stretch it too long.
With its next update, WhatsApp will no longer be compatible with some older iPhones. In this way, the application will be able to continue to progress in its capabilities without being weighed down by the use of old devices, the fundamental question is: does this affect me?
Well, first of all, it’s a good time to relax, mainly because WhatsApp is going to stop being compatible with devices that are running iOS 11 or later, that is, taking into account Due to the long-standing policy of iOS updates that Apple just developed years ago, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll have to stop using WhatsApp on your old iPhone.
According to the latest findings from WABetaInfo, The world’s most popular messaging app will end support for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c from October 24, 2022. so in principle and in the remote case that you use one of these two devices, you have plenty of time to look for an alternative, whether iOS or Android, compatible with WhatsApp, as well as to make a good backup of your messages .
This is in addition to rumors that iOS 16, which will be presented in a few weeks at WWDC 2022 which you can follow live here, on iPhone News, it will not be compatible with devices older than iPhone 7.
In the meantime, you can continue to enjoy WhatsApp but… For how much longer?
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