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There have been some news sites that have recently picked up the story of how WhatsApp will stop working for certain iPhones and Androids in 2021. However, the story was already reported a year ago in 2019, and there is nothing new either.
Basically, in December 2019, news portals reported that users of older phone operating systems will no longer be able to use WhatsApp as of February 1, 2020. This means that phones running on iOS 9 and Android 4.0 .3 and later would not have any problem accessing the chat app in 2021.
Even phones like the iPhone 4s, released in 2011, will be able to run WhatsApp, as it has been updated to iOS 9.3.5. Devices like the Samsung Galaxy S2 and the original Galaxy Note run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and they also allow users to access the app next year.
According to WhatsApp, they also said that the news “is nothing new.” They also said that phones are no longer supported, meaning that if your phone has access to WhatsApp right now, it will most likely work in 2021.
“They’re just talking about the WhatsApp policy change that was announced in December 2019, and they somehow connect it to January 1, 2021,” WhatsApp said of the news.
To find out what operating system their phone is running on, iPhone users can go to Settings> General> Information. Android users, on the other hand, can go to Settings> About phone to see what version their smartphone is running on.
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