WhatsApp users, you’ll want to take advantage of the instant messaging app while you can. In fact, some of you may no longer be able to use it on Dec. 31, he reports Western France, December 22, 2022. Specifically, 47 smartphone models are affected. The reason ? A new update, intended to ensure optimal security and offer new features, will not be compatible with these models. To find out if your phone is affected, you need to go to your mobile settings and find the operating system version of the device.
This is not new. With each application update, smartphones see their version too old to “accept” the new version. From Apple’s side, on October 24, 2022, iPhones using iOS 10 and iOS 11 versions can no longer use WhatsApp. Now it’s the turn of the iPhone 5 and 5c to go into oblivion, as it requires at least the iOS.1 version, released in 2018.
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Apple isn’t the only company affected. Even smartphones with Android are. The phones that will no longer be able to benefit from the Meta group’s instant messaging application are the Archos 53 Platinum, the ZTE Grand S Flex and the ZTE Grand X Quad V987 or the HTC Desire 500, as well as six models of Huawei Ascend, ten to eight from LG Optimus, some Samsung Galaxy, three Sony Xperia, two Wiko, the Quad XL, the Lenovo A820 and the ZTE Memo V956.
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