WhatsApp It will stop working permanently on these iPhone brand cell phones and we will tell you why.
Despite the fact that WhatsApp is the most used messaging application by many around the world (it is recorded that on average more than two billion users accessed chat in just one month during 2021), the platform owned by the Californian META , has made the decision to stop operating on certain Apple operating systems. Are we facing a possible technological battle?
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Support for these “obsolete” operating systems of the apple brand seems to be about costs, because it is a high price to maintain old versions of the app itself.
Which iPhone models will be without WhatsApp in 2022?
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According to the official WhatsApp site, removing previous versions and not giving support is common not only for iPhone iOS, but also for Android in order to allow the company to introduce new features that may not work on these outdated operating systems.
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In this case, it is planned to remove support for iOS 10, iOS 11, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C in the coming months, to be more specific on October 25, 2022.
If you use iOS 10 or iOS 11, you will need to update to iOS 12 to continue using WhatsApp, which means that if your phone allows the update, you can continue using WhatsApp on iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S
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According to the company, by updating to a recent version of iOS, you also benefit from the most up-to-date security patches, so updating iOS is always recommended.
In the event that your iPhone does not support the latest update to iOS 12 with which you should be up to date, it will be time to think about other options such as iMessage to continue sending and receiving messages through a Wi-Fi network.
Apart from WhatsApp, other platforms might not be optimized for older versions of iOS.
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