Here Is A List Of Phones That Will No Longer Support WhatsApp

From November 1, 2021, WhatsApp will stop working on millions of Android and iOS phones in the latest shocking announcement by the Facebook-controlled company.

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

The list includes smartphones from Samsung, LG, ZTE, Huawei, Sony, Alcatel, and others. iPhones, on the other hand, include the iPhone SE, iPhone 6S, and iPhone 6S with millions of gadgets already in use.

Samsung phones that will no longer support WhatsApp:

1. Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
2. Galaxy Trend II
3. Galaxy SII
4. Galaxy S3 mini
5. Galaxy Xcover 2
6. Galaxy Core
7. Galaxy Ace 2

LG Phones and others that will no longer support WhatsApp:

1. LG Lucid 2
2. LG Optimus F7
3. LG Optimus F5
4. Optimus L3 II Dual
5. Optimus F5
6. Optimus L5
7. Optimus L5 II
8. Optimus L5 Dual
9. Optimus L3 II
10. Optimus L7
11. Optimus L7 II Dual
12. Optimus L7 II
13. Optimus F6
14. Enact
15. Optimus L4 II Dual
16. Optimus F3
17. Optimus L4 II
18. Optimus L2 II
19. Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD
20. Optimus F3Q

Phones from ZTE that will no longer support WhatsApp:

1. ZTE Grand S Flex
2. ZTE V956
3. Grand X Quad V987
4. ZTE Grand Memo

Phones from Huawei that will no longer support WhatsApp:

1. Ascend G740
2. Ascend Mate
3. Ascend D Quad XL
4. Ascend D1 Quad XL
5. Ascend P1 S
6. Ascend D2

Others include:

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.

WhatsApp is one of the widely-used social media apps around the world. It is so much in use that various banks around the world, including SAbsa Bank Kenya, have introduced WhatsApp banking.

The company says the phones will continue having WhatsApp but will no longer be receiving updates or any new features that will be coming up.