Day after day the Whatsapp launch a new update to improve the user experience in the application and with so many updates and new features arriving on the technological market all the time, it is normal for the application to stop working on some old devices.
As a matter of interest, in 2022 alone, Xiaomi, a Chinese technology company, launched 66 new cell phones, an increase of almost 17% year-on-year. This does not include launches from other brands such as Samsung, Apple and LG.
With a market so full of options and new updates appearing daily, it is difficult for older devices to compete with newer ones on the market. That is why, in the last few days, a list of smartphones on which WhatsApp is available was released. will stop working.
The list consists of 46 Android devices and 2 iOS devices. They will no longer run the messaging app from December 31, 2023.
End of the line! WhatsApp stops working on these devices
Check out the list of devices that will no longer use WhatsApp:
Apple
- iPhone 5
- iPhone 5c
Archos
- Archos 53 platinum
ZTE
- Grand S Flex ZTE
- Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
- ZTE V956
HTC
- HTC Desire 500
Huawei
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Companion
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Quad XL
Lenovo
- Lenovo A820
LG
- LG Approve
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus 4XHD
- LG Optimus F3
- LG Optimus F3Q
- LG Optimus F5
- LG Optimus F6
- LG Optimus F7
- LG Optimus L2II
- LG Optimus L3II
- LG Optimus L3 II Dual
- LG Optimus L4II
- 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 NitroHD
Samsung
- SamsungGalaxy Ace 2
- Samsung Galaxy Core
- Samsung Galaxy s2
- Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini
- Samsung Galaxy Trend II
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
Sony
- Sony Xperia Arc S
- Sony Xperia miro
- Sony Xperia Neo L
Wiko
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight ZT
