WhatsApp Inc., the Fb-owned firm behind the eponymous direct messaging app, has introduced that it’s going to lastly cease supporting BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10, Home windows Telephone 8.0 (and older) from the thirty first of December, 2017. In a message posted on the corporate’s official weblog, the app-maker says that a number of the options of WhatsApp might cease working any time, because it they aren’t actively growing for these platforms any extra. In the event you’re nonetheless utilizing Nokia S40, you’ve yet another yr earlier than WhatsApp cease working in your system, as thirty first December 2018 is your day of reckoning.
Whereas Android customers are comparatively for now, you would possibly need to verify the model of your OS, as folks caught with Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and older will lose help from February 2020. After all, if you happen to’re nonetheless utilizing Android Gingerbread in 2020, you in all probability have extra issues to fret about than WhatsApp messages. Both manner, right here’s the whole listing of platforms that can lose help within the coming days:
- BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 after December thirty first, 2017
- Home windows Telephone 10 and older after December thirty first, 2017
- Nokia S40 after December thirty first, 2018
- Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread and older after February 1, 2020
It’s a must to give props to WhatsApp for laying out its future plans prematurely and likewise for supporting lengthy defunct platforms and legacy variations for so long as they did.
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