Your cell phone is not bad, perhaps obsolete, for current requirements. The fact that WhatsApp stops working on some smartphone models is due to updates to the Android and iOS operating systems, since there is a lack of compatibility between these systems and the messaging application that exceeds 2,000 million users.
The app, owned by Meta, explains on its blog that it currently supports the following devices:
– Phones with Android OS 4.1 and later versions
– Phones with iOS 12 and later versions
– Phones running KaiOS 2.5.0 and later, including JioPhone and JioPhone 2 devices
Yes on device does not support these updates, you will not be able to use WhatsApp, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use other apps. Before leaving this service due to the operating system, you as a user will receive a notification on WhatsApp and will be reminded several times to update it.
“Devices and software change frequently, so we periodically review the operating systems we support and make the corresponding updates,” they detail from the official blog.
They also clarify that, like other technology companies, each year they identify “what are the devices and the most outdated software and those with fewer users to decide what we stop supporting.
And they add that it is possible that these devices do not have the latest security updates or required functionality to run WhatsApp.
This is the list of cell phones that will no longer be compatible as of April 1, 2023.
LG
LG Optimus L3 II Dual
LG Optimus L5 II
LG Optimus F5
LG Optimus L3 II
LG Optimus L7II
LG Optimus L5 Dual
LG Optimus L7 Dual
LG Optimus F3
LG Optimus F3Q
LG Optimus L2 II
LG Optimus L4 II
LG Optimus F6
LG Enact
LG Lucid 2
LG Optimus F7
Huawei
Huawei Ascend Mate
Huawei Ascend G740
Huawei Ascend D2
Samsung
Samsung Galaxy Core
Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
Samsung Galaxy Trend II
Samsung Galaxy X cover 2.
iPhone
iPhone 6S
iPhone SE
iPhone 6S Plus
Other brands
Sony Xperia M
Lenovo A820
ZTE V956 – UMI X2
ZTE Grand S Flex
ZTE Grand Memo
Faea F1THL W8
Wiko Cink Five
Winko Darknight
Archos 53 Platinum