WhatsApp will stop working on 43 smartphone models

The developers of the WhatsApp messenger revise the supported operating systems about once a year. The last time it happened was in December 2020, and now there is a new revision: from November 1 of this year, the application will no longer work on smartphones running Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS 9, and KaiOS 2.5.0.

Published a list of 43 devices that from this day will no longer be able to install WhatsApp. It looks like this:

Apple

• iPhone SE

• iPhone 6S

• iPhone 6S Plus

Samsung

• Galaxy Trend Lite

• Galaxy Trend II

• Galaxy SII

• Galaxy S3 mini

• Galaxy Xcover 2

• Galaxy Core

• Galaxy Ace 2

LG

• Lucid 2

• Optimus F7

• Optimus F5

• Optimus L3 II Dual

• Optimus F5

• Optimus L5

• Optimus L5 II

• Optimus L5 Dual

• Optimus L3 II

• Optimus L7

• Optimus L7 II Dual

• Optimus L7 II

• Optimus F6 Enact

• Optimus L4 II Dual

• Optimus F3

• Optimus L4 II

• Optimus L2 II

• Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD

• Optimus F3Q

ZTE

• Grand S Flex

• V956

• Grand X Quad V987

• Grand Memo

Huawei

• Ascend G740

• Ascend Mate

• Ascend D Quad XL

• Ascend D1 Quad XL

• Ascend P1 S

• Ascend D2

Sony

• Sony Xperia Miro

• Sony Xperia Neo L

• Xperia Arc S

Other

• Alcatel One Touch Evo 7

• Archos 53 Platinum

• HTC Desire 500

• Caterpillar Cat B15

• Wiko Cink Five

• Wiko Darknight

• Lenovo A820

• UMi X2

• Faea F1

• THL W8

At the moment, the WhatsApp developers recommend devices running

• Android 4.1 and newer

• iOS 10 and newer

• KaiOS 2.5.1 and newer (including JioPhone and JioPhone 2)