WhatsApp Ceases Support for Older Operating Systems

WhatsApp users on devices with older operating systems were on the receiving end of a New Year’s Eve surprise.

WhatsApp users on devices with older operating systems were on the receiving end of a New Year’s Eve surprise.

Manish Singh of Mashable reported that the Facebook-owned messaging application no longer supports:

  • Android 2.2 Froyo or older versions of Android
  • iOS 6 or older
  • Windows Phone 7 or earlier

Singh added that the following operating systems are heading for WhatsApp’s chopping block in June:

  • BlackBerry 10 OS
  • Nokia S40
  • Nokia Symbian S60

WhatsApp announced these steps in a blog post last February, writing at the time:

When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people’s use of mobile devices looked very different from today.

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