WhatsApp to stop working on these phones in 2018

WhatsApp to stop working on these phones in 2018: What you should know

Earlier this week, WhatsApp updated its mobile devices support page. The company updated the list of devices that it no longer supports as well as the ones that will lose support by the end of 2018 and more.

In the beginning of this year too, WhatsApp ended support for a range of older smartphone operating systems. Announcing this in a support note on its website, the Facebook-owned company said, “These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer iOS version, or to a newer Android running OS...”

So, here’s all you need to know about the devices that will lose WhatsApp support this year as well as a recap of the the phones that WhatsApp has already stopped updates for.

WhatsApp will stop support for all devices running on Nokia S40 platform by the end of this year. Some of the popular Nokia Asha series smartphones run on this platform. Users on this platform, however, can no longer create new accounts, nor re-verify existing accounts. Another platform that is no longer supported is Nokia Symbian S60.

WhatsApp has stopped updates for all smartphones running on Android 2.1 (Eclair), Android 2.2 (Froyo).

Among iPhones, WhatsApp has stopped support for iPhone 3GS and devices running on iOS 6.
Users with smartphones running BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and older platforms too will not get WhatsApp going forward. Devices running BlackBerry 10 got grace period of two weeks in January this year.

Users with smartphones running Windows Phone 8.0 too will not get WhatsApp updates this year. The messaging app also does not support Windows Phone 7.
Users of Android versions 2.3.7 (Android Gingerbread) will continue to get WhatsApp updates for two more years. The Facebook-owned company has announced that it will stop supporting the device after February 1, 2020.

Users on the older platforms listed above cannot transfer their chat history to new devices. There is currently no option to transfer chat history between platforms. However, WhatsApp provides the users the option to send their chat history attached to an email.