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WhatsApp ends service for a variety of devices as of January 1, 2021. These devices are largely out of use at this time, but assuming you are the type of person who keeps an old device for years and years, you may want to take a look at the list. If you have an older mobile device and are planning to use WhatsApp beyond the end of 2020, now is the time to get a new device.
This is the switch older devices fear, very similar to the cut for the beginning of the year 2020. If you thought the cut was severe, then the cut this time should baffle you. This is the first time that WhatsApp will not work on the first released iPhone.
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On January 1, 2021, WhatsApp will stop working on the following devices, regardless of the operating system update:
• iPhone 1, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4
• LG Optimus Black (and earlier)
• DROID RAZR (Motorola)
• Samsung Galaxy S II
• HTC Desire
WhatsApp requires iOS 9 or Android 4.0.3 on the following devices, or they will stop supporting the app on January 1, 2021:
• iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6S
• LG Lucid
• Motorola DROID 4
• Sony Xperia Pro
• HTC Sensation, HTC Thunderbolt (4G!)
• Samsung Galaxy Note (first)
• Samsung Galaxy S III and newer
If you have a WhatsApp device running KaiOS, you will need to make sure you are running KaiOS 2.5.1 or later. That includes JioPhone and JioPhone 2 as well.
If you have used a jailbroken iPhone with WhatsApp in the past, take note of the final word on the situation, directly from WhatsApp: “We do not explicitly restrict the use of jailbroken or unlocked devices. However, because these modifications may affect the functionality of your device, we cannot support devices that use modified versions of the iPhone operating system. ”
If you own a Windows Phone device of any kind, your last day for WhatsApp was January 1, 2020. That included all mobile devices running the Windows Phone operating system, or any predecessor to that operating system. All your old Nokia Lumia devices where and remain completely dead from WhatsApp.
