WhatsApp has over 2 billion users worldwide, and the instant messaging app is increasingly popular worldwide. Always innovating, it continues to meet the expectations of its users. It offers various features that allow users to send and receive messages from all their personal contacts. However, WhatsApp will cause some disappointment. Indeed, the social network will no longer be compatible with certain cell phone models as of June 30th. These phones are considered older, and the app will no longer be available on these earlier versions.
Discover the list of cell phones that will no longer be compatible with the WhatsApp application, as relayed by our colleagues at CNews. We will also share the reasons for this change on the Meta social network.
Why will some cell phones no longer be compatible with the WhatsApp application from June 30?
Old cell phones – Source: spm
WhatsApp is constantly offering new features to its users to ensure they have a rich experience on the instant messaging app. However, due to its innovation, the app is offering such an improved version that it will no longer be suitable for certain mobile phone models. These are considered too old by Mark Zuckerberg’s app. WhatsApp has announced that certain smartphone models will no longer be compatible with the app starting June 30th. In addition, Android smartphone models, particularly those that do not have the recent version of Android 5.0, will no longer be able to use the WhatsApp app starting June 30th in order to prioritize the performance of newer smartphones that are more suited to Facebook’s social network.
Which Android smartphones will no longer be compatible with WhatsApp starting June 30?
A Samsung Galaxy – Source: spm
Here’s a list of cell phones that don’t have Android 5.0 and are likely to lose support for WhatsApp as of June 30. If you own one of these Android phones, you won’t be able to download WhatsApp after June 30.
- Archos 53 Platinum
- Caterpillar Cat B15
- Sony Xperia M
- Wiko Cink Five, Darknight
- Huawei Ascend G740, Ascend Mate, D2
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Trend II, S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Core, Ace 2
- ZTE Grand S Flex
- Lenovo A820
- HTC Desire 500
- ZTE V956
- UMI X2
- Faea F1
- THL W8
- ZTE Grand X Quad v987
- ZTE Grand Memo
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus F7, L3 II Dual, F5, L5 II, L5 II Dual, L7 II Dual, L7 II, L4 II Dual
- LG Optimus F6, L4 II, F3, L2 II, F3Q
- LG Enact
If you don’t know the Android version of your smartphone, go to your mobile phone’s settings to perform the latest update for your device.
Which iOS smartphones will no longer be compatible with WhatsApp starting June 30?
An iPhone – Source: spm
If you have an iPhone, you will be affected by the changes to the WhatsApp app if your iPhone has an earlier version of iOS 12. All iPhones with an earlier version of iOS will no longer be compatible with the WhatsApp app starting June 30th. So, remember to update your iPhone to the latest version to continue using WhatsApp with all its improvements and new features. This will allow you to have a more powerful smartphone that is more suited to Facebook’s instant messaging app.
You can also check the software version of your Android or iOS smartphone in your mobile phone settings. You will be able to check if it is still compatible with the new version of the WhatsApp application.
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