The company said dropping support on older devices would give it the opportunity to focus more on mobile platforms used by the vast majority of the people.
The mobile platforms that would no longer enjoy WhatsApp are Android 2.1 and Android 2.2, Windows Phone 7, iPhone 3GS and iOS 6. The reason is lack of functionality to support the upcoming features.
"While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," the company wrote in an official blog post last February.
For the owners of the affected devices, the only way to start using WhatsApp again is by upgrading to a newer version of Android, iPhone or Windows Phone.
The Facebook-owned company earlier said it would end support to BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10, Nokia S40 and Nokia Symbian S60, but later it said it was extending the support for the devices until 30 June, 2017.
WhatsApp might introduce more new features. The changes rumoured to be part of updates scheduled for 2017 include a feature that would allow users to edit or delete messages after they are sent.
The company said in a blog that the information is also determined to phones, very few people use. Mobiles in the future will not support the features that appear on WhatsApp. WhatsApp users to continue using the company before the start of 2017 is suggested to upgrade your old cell phone. You can easily upgrade the software, go to Settings, for more information you can go to the outlet nearest to your company.
WhatsApp social media has its own distinct. WhatsApp messages exchanged on a daily basis is about 42 billion. There are nearly 1 billion users in the world. WhatsApp com Jain and former employee of Yahoo in 2009 was started by Brian Acton, later in 2014, was acquired by Facebook.
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