New Delhi. If you also have an old smartphone. Actually, WhatsApp will soon stop working on millions of old smartphones. But this is true. Actually, the deadline of November is approaching. In which WhatsApp chat will be locked forever in iPhone and Android devices. Now to avoid this, either you have to update your software. Or you will have another option that you will have to change your phone and get a new phone now.
Even if you update your phone, there may be a possibility that now your phone is too old to be updated that you will not be able to use this option. Then directly you will not have any other option but to buy another phone. As per the reports received, over 40 different smartphone models are expected to be affected.
If you also have an old mobile then you have only 16 days left for this. Yes, the update deadline is November 1. After which WhatsApp will stop working in some phones. In such a situation, Android users will have to note that you have to run on Android 4.1 or latest version. For this, you have to use iPhone with iOS 10 or later.
Tech companies regularly stop supporting older devices. With older Android phones, Google did the same for Gmail, YouTube and Google Maps. Actually, new apps stop working on old models, due to which this is not possible. Especially when only a small number of users use these older versions of the software. It is very important that you update your phone immediately.
In the case of Apple, it is being said that the iPhone 4 or earlier version will lose access to WhatsApp.
If you have never updated your iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus or iPhone SE (2016), you will lose access until you update. This is because they have been launched on iOS 9. However, you can update all three models to the latest version iOS 15 and access WhatsApp.
