WhatsApp to stop working on Huawei, Iphone and Others in 2023
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps. Over the years, the service has penetrated our lives so much that its users often cannot choose other alternatives, even if they want to.
Recently, the WhatsApp development team announced a number of changes that owners of older smartphones will not like. Starting January 1, 2023, the chat app will stop working on more than 49 smart devices.
Of course, among the phones that will lose access to WhatsApp, we will not find the latest models. The list only includes older devices running Android 4.2 and iOS 12.1 . This is a common practice for many developers who do not benefit from optimizing applications for such “ancient” OS versions. They make it difficult to achieve stable operation, and also worsen the security of users.
What smartphones will WhatsApp stop working on in 2023
Out of 49 devices, only two iPhone models were blacklisted, the rest of the devices are running the Android operating system.
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
- Archos 53 Platinum
- Grand S Flex ZTE
- Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
- HTC Desire 500
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Mate
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Quad XL
- Lenovo A820
- LG Enact
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus 4X HD
- LG Optimus F3
- LG Optimus F3Q
- LG Optimus F5
- LG Optimus F6
- LG Optimus F7
- LG Optimus L2 II
- LG Optimus L3II
- LG Optimus L3 II Dual
- LG Optimus L4 II
- LG Optimus L4 II Dual
- LG Optimus L5
- LG Optimus L5 Dual
- LG Optimus L5II
- LG Optimus L7
- LG Optimus L7II
- LG Optimus L7 II Dual
- LG Optimus Nitro HD
- Memo ZTE V956
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
- Samsung Galaxy Core
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
- Samsung Galaxy Trend II
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
- Samsung Galaxy X cover 2
- Sony Xperia Arc S
- Sony Xperia miro
- Sony Xperia Neo L
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight ZT
The only way to continue using WhatsApp if you have one of the above iPhones is to get a new device. But Android owners can try to install custom firmware with a more recent OS version on their own, if it is available for your device.
As we have already mentioned, the changes will come into effect on January 1st.
