List of devices that would no longer support WhatsApp.

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WhatsApp has shared a list of devices that will no longer support its global messaging app starting November 1, 2021.

Starting November this year, the listed devices, which includes some known brands, will no longer have support for the WhatsApp app and will be incompatible.

Smartphones which will be affected by this will be phones that are running on Android 4.0.3 or lower, and Apple iPhones that are running on iOS 9 or older.

Devices from Samsung, LG, ZTE, Huawei, Sony, Alcatel, and others are all part of the android phones affected by the news.

Apple products like iPhone SE, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6S Plus were also listed by the messaging app.

A report sighted online by http://Rymcitigh.com explained that while these devices are nearing the end of support for WhatsApp, it does not mean that the app will stop working completely from November 1.

Instead, the smartphones will stop getting security updates, new features, and the app will gradually become defunct.

Check out the list below and see if your phone is listed.

For Samsung

  • The Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
  • Galaxy Trend II
  • Galaxy SII
  • Galaxy S3 mini
  • Galaxy Xcover 2
  • Galaxy Core and
  • Galaxy Ace 2

LG Phones

  • LGs Lucid 2
  • LG Optimus F7
  • LG Optimus F5
  • Optimus L3 II Dual
  • Optimus F5
  • Optimus L5
  • Optimus L5 II
  • Optimus L5 Dual
  • Optimus L3 II
  • Optimus L7
  • Optimus L7 II Dual
  • Optimus L7 II
  • Optimus F6
  • Enact
  • Optimus L4 II Dual
  • Optimus F3
  • Optimus L4 II
  • Optimus L2 II
  • Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD, and
  • Optimus F3Q.

Devices from Chinese maker ZTE including;

  • The ZTE Grand S Flex
  • ZTE V956
  • Grand X Quad V987and
  • ZTE Grand Memo

The Facebook-owned messaging appwill also stop working on;

  • Huawei’s Ascend G740
  • Ascend Mate
  • Ascend D Quad XL
  • Ascend D1 Quad XL
  • Ascend P1 S and
  • Ascend D2.

Sony’s Xperia Miro, Sony Xperia Neo L, and Xperia Arc S are included in the list, alongside other devices from Alcatel, HTC, Lenovo, and more.

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