WhatsApp has confirmed that Android version 2.3.7 and older as well as iOS 8 and older will not be supported after next month.
WhatsApp has
announced that it will stop running on a host of Android and iPhone
smartphones from February 1, 2020. Affected users won't be able to
use their existing accounts, and will lose their chats if they do not
export their chat history before the deadline. Recently, WhatsApp
shut down support for Windows Phone users from December 31, 2019
i.e., just a few days ago. With the February 1 deadline, users
utilising devices running Android version 2.3.7 and older, as well as
iOS 8 and older, will be affected, and these users are already being
restricted from creating new WhatsApp accounts or re-verifying their
existing accounts, but they are allowed to use it till next month.
After the deadline, these users will not be able to use WhatsApp at
all.
As
mentioned, the instant messaging app has confirmed that
Android version 2.3.7 and older will not be supported after February
1 next month. iPhone users on versions iOS 8 and older will not be
supported either. This means millions of devices will not be able to
use WhatsApp. All these device owners must update their smartphones
to newer versions, get a new smartphone, or export their chats to
avoid losing all their conversations.
To save your
chats, head to WhatsApp, open the chat you wish to export and tap on
the ‘three
dots' on
the top right of the chat screen. Tap on More
> Export Chat >
and select whether you want to include media or not. Once you select
the appropriate option, select the platform you want to save your
chats to. You can choose to send it to your email account, where you
can keep those saved chats to come back to later. The company notes
that the Export Chat option isn't available in Germany.
WhatsApp is
still working on select phones running KaiOS 2.5.1+, including Jio
Phone and Jio Phone 2. For Android and iPhone users, WhatsApp
recommends phones running on Android OS 4.0.3 and newer, and iOS 9
and newer.
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