WhatsApp will stop supporting over 40 phone brands including iPhone, Samsung from December 31


 The instant messaging platform, WhatsApp has announced it will stop supporting 47 smartphone brands including Apple, Samsung among others from December 31, 2022.


While these phone brands have not been phased out and are still very much in the market, the Whatsapp upgrade will, however, affect them as their operating systems will not be compatible with WhatsApp's new features.


'To keep up with the latest advances in tech, we routinely stop supporting older operating systems to point our resources to supporting the latest ones,'


'These devices also might not have the latest security updates, or might lack the functionality required to run WhatsApp.' the messaging service said.


This simply means that after the stated date, users who own the affected phones will stop receiving WhatsApp security updates and new features.

Eventually, the service will stop working for them.


According to the DailyMail, users of the affected phones will be sent an alert by WhatsApp before it stops working.


In this recent announcement, 47 phone models across different phone brands have been affected and include:


Apple iPhone 5


Apple iPhone 5c

Archos 53 Platinum


Grand S Flex ZTE


Grand X Quad V987 ZTE


HTC Desire 500


Huawei Ascend D

Huawei Ascend D1


Huawei Ascend D2


Huawei Ascend G740


Huawei Ascend Mate


Huawei Ascend P1

Quad XL


Lenovo A820


LG Enact


LG Lucid 2


LG Optimus 4X HD

LG Optimus F3


LG Optimus F3Q


LG Optimus F5


LG Optimus F6


LG Optimus F7


LG Optimus L2 II


LG Optimus L3 II


LG Optimus L3 II Dual


LG Optimus L4 II


LG Optimus L4 II Dual


LG Optimus L5


LG Optimus L5 Dual


LG Optimus L5 II


LG Optimus L7


LG Optimus L7 II


LG Optimus L7 II Dual


LG Optimus Nitro HD


Memo ZTE V956


Samsung Galaxy Ace 2


Samsung Galaxy Core


Samsung Galaxy S2


Samsung Galaxy S3 mini


Samsung Galaxy Trend II


Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite


Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2


Sony Xperia Arc S


Sony Xperia miro


Sony Xperia Neo L


Wiko Cink Five


Wiko Darknight ZT


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