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Messaging app WhatsApp will block some Android and iOS phone models from receiving their updates. This causes phones that are on the block list to lose access to the features of the application belonging to the tech giant Facebook.
In addition, these phones will also not get protection because they have lost security updates from Whatsapp.
A number of these phones are blocked by Whatsapp because they are included in the category of old phones, so they don’t meet the minimum need to get security updates.
Reason for blocking
On the official page, Whatsapp reveals that their application will only be compatible on mobile devices with a minimum operating system of Android 4.0.4 or on iPhones with iOS 9. So smartphones of the generation below will not get security updates anymore.
Whatsapp application always provides updates on the service features in their application. These updates often require the phone to meet several criteria, including the operating system.
So that phones that are too old are no longer compatible with the new features provided by Whatsapp.
How to check the cellphone that WhatsApp will block
You can check your iPhone operating system version in the following way.
1. Select Settings
2. Select General
3. Select About
While for Android can be done in the following way:
1. Select Settings,
2. Select About Phone (about the phone) or About Device (about the device),
3. Check the Android version (Android version) to display the installed Android operating system version.
WhatsApp effects that no longer support
Even though Whatsapp no longer supports a number of cellphones, it does not mean that this instant messaging service will stop immediately and cannot be used at all. Whatsapp can still be used but there are 2 possible effects.
1. Can’t get new features
If the Whatsapp application on the user’s cellphone no longer provides security updates, then the user may no longer be able to get the latest features that Whatsapp will launch.
The Whatsapp application on these devices may become incompatible with the new features that the message sender sends.
2. Unable to update security
The bigger problem with these older devices is that they no longer have security support. Thus, users become more vulnerable to potential digital attacks from hackers or malware.
Hackers or hackers can enter through security holes that are no longer protected by Whatsapp due to the termination of support. So, Whatsapp recommends that users of these phones immediately switch to a newer phone model.
List of cellphones that are blocked by WhatsApp
Android phones that cannot receive Whatsapp application updates are Androids that are still using an operating system lower than Android 4.0.3. The following is a list of these phones, as quoted by MYSA.
Samsung
1. Galaxy Trend Lite,
2. Galaxy Trend II,
3. Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini,
4. Galaxy Xcover 2,
5. Galaxy Core and
6. Galaxy Ace 2.
LG:
1. Lucid 2,
2. Optimus F7,
3. Optimus F5,
4. Optimus L3 II Dual,
5. Optimus F5
6. Optimus L5,
7. The Best L5 II
8. Optimus L5 Dual,
9. The Best L3 II
10. Optimus L7,
11. Optimus L7 II Dual,
12. Optimus L7 II
13. Optimus F6,
14. Enact ,
15. Optimus L4 II Dual,
16. Optimus F3,
17. The Best L4 II
18. Best L2 2
19. Optimus Nitro HD
20. 4X HD, day
21. Optimus F3Q.
Huawei:
1. Ascend G740,
2. Ascend Mate,
3. Ascend D Quad XL,
4. Ascend D1 Quad XL,
5. Ascend P1 S, dan
6. Ascend D2.
ZTE:
1. Grand S Flex,
2. ZTE V956,
3. Grand X Quad V987, dan
4. Grand Memo.
iPhone
Apple’s phones that are no longer supported are iPhones with the iOS 9 operating system and below, Entrepreneur wrote.
1. Apple iPhone SE
2. Apple iPhone 6S
3. Apple iPhone 6S Plus
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