WhatsApp to Block Millions of Devices from Using the Messaging Platform

The WhatsApp application is one of the most famous and popular messaging applications in the world and is very important for daily use by many people. It is available on a wide range of devices, and owners of Android and iPhone mobile phones use it to communicate with their families and enjoy the wonderful features that the application offers from time to time. To satisfy its users from different parts of the world, and keep pace with developments in other programs and mobile phones.

Blocking millions of devices from using WhatsApp

The instant messaging platform, WhatsApp, warned that a number of Android devices will be banned from using the application during the current month of October, specifically on October 24th. The company revealed a list of smartphones banned from supporting the application, and that the reason behind this decision is that mobile phones and programs are developing rapidly, which… It forces the platform to review the mobile phones it supports, and stop supporting old phones.

The WhatsApp messaging platform announced that it will stop supporting Android phones that operate with an operating system less than 5.0, starting on October 24, and Android mobile phones that operate with an operating system of 5.0 or later will continue to work after this date, and the platform used to support mobile phones. Which runs on the 4.1 operating system, and with the development of mobile devices and software, the platform stopped supporting those old phones.

Blocking millions of devices from using WhatsApp

The WhatsApp application confirmed that mobile phones that the application stops supporting will be notified of this matter, through text messages that reach the user, asking him to update his mobile phone’s operating system before next October 24, or to exchange the old mobile phone for a newer one, which allows him to use the application. Freely and benefit from the features that WhatsApp periodically offers to its users to meet their needs and satisfy them.