WhatsApp to discontinue BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone support on December 31
Just in case you had forgotten, WhatsApp will be dropping support for devices running on BlackBerry OS, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8.0 and older devices on December 31, 2017. Starting next year, you will not be able to use WhatsApp on these platforms.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp confirmed its plans to sunset the BlackBerry and Windows Phone versions of the service. The company also announced deadlines for other platforms. Nokia's Series 40 devices, for example, will be supported till December 31, 2018 while Android 2.3.7 and older devices will be supported till February 1, 2020.
WhatsApp is quite remarkable in its support for older platforms and devices. However, there is a limit to everything and we can't blame them for dropping support for these platforms, even though it is coming long after their makers dropped support for them.
On the upside, this might be the reason for some users to finally upgrade to newer devices.
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- AnonD-735732
- 07 Feb 2018
- 40D
HP elite x3 running whatsapp in 2018 on Windows 10 cu
- AnonD-735732
- 07 Feb 2018
- 40D
I installed it on my windows 10 HP elite x3 and android 2.3.6 support smh that older than bb is 10 and windows phone 8.0
- AnonD-727883
- 02 Jan 2018
- N7%
totally agree with u !
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