Okonkwo Samuel
WhatsApp will stop working on iPhone 5, iPhone 5C; iPhone 6, and iPhone 6S too, all you need to do is read carefully to get back on WhatsApp if your device is blocked.
WhatsApp earlier this year announced that iPhone 5, and iPhone 5C will not support WhatsApp applications after October 24, 2022, as iOS 12 is not available for these devices. Here is all you need to know. Here is an alert for millions of iPhone users.
Some iPhone users in some parts of India have started facing the challenges, most of them weren’t aware of the announcement and just found out that it is not supported WhatsApp anymore.. most of them have tried uninstalling and reinstalling which didn’t solve that problem. This is going to happen because Apple is Withdrawing support for WhatsApp from iPhones running on iOS 10 and iOS 11.
- iPhones running iOS 10 and iOS 11 will no longer support WhatsApp from October 24.
- iPhone users need to upgrade to iOS 12 to continue using WhatsApp.
- iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C cannot be upgraded to iOS 12.
Today October 24, some iPhone users might find that WhatsApp may not be supported on their phones and uninstalling and reinstalling is not going to solve that problem. This is going to happen because Apple is Withdrawing support for WhatsApp from iPhones running on iOS 10 and iOS 11.
Not only Apple but WhatsApp have also started notifying iPhone users that WhatsApp will not support devices running using iOS 10 or iOS 11. If the person wants to continue using WhatsApp, they will have to update their iOS.
According to the WhatsApp website, the instant messaging app will now run on iPhones with iOS 12 or newer versions. While Apple users constantly update their iOS, it’s estimated that iPhones with iOS 10 and iOS 11 will be lesser in numbers.
Most likely, iPhone 5, iPhone 5S or iPhone 5C will be having iOS 10 or iOS 11 and iPhone 5S users can update their iOS to continue using WhatsApp. However, those having iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C will have to get a new iPhone as the device won’t be supporting WhatsApp any longer as these are not compatible with iOS 12.
An iPhone user can go to settings in the device to get the latest compatible version of the iOS through a software update.
According to WABetaInfo, a website that tracks WhatsApp development very closely, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6S users can update their iOS version to iOS 12 and continue using WhatsApp.
It may be recalled that WhatsApp not only withdraws software update/spare parts support for old devices but also puts them in the vintage list as well. Recently, Apple added iPhone 6 to its Vintage product list.
According to the Apple website, it considers products as vintage when Apple stopped distributing them for sale more than 5 and less than 7 years ago. However, Apple will keep providing services like spare parts for the devices for seven years as mandated by the law.
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