WhatsApp no longer operative on some iPhone devices and after Meta-owned company publicized that iOS 12 or a newer version would be essential for iPhone users to remain using the service.
Rendering to media reports quoting WABetaInfo’s sources, from October 24 forwards, the messaging app will apparently discontinue supporting iOS 10 and iOS 11 devices.
That means the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c models that Apple released in September 2012 will no longer be able to run WhatsApp. But iPhone users on newer models who someway never updated their devices to iOS 12 or later will also be temporarily affected.
Say you own an iPhone 5s or iPhone 6 that’s still on iOS 10, which was released in September 2016. You won’t be able to use WhatsApp unless you upgrading to the latest iOS update accessible for those handsets.
In fact, some reports recommend that WhatsApp has previously started alerting iPhone users who are using iOS 10 or iOS 11 versions of the program about the end of support.
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You have until October 24th to choose how to handle the WhatsApp-mandated iPhone upgrade. The app will remain to send notifications, warning about the risk of losing access come fall. And remember, new iPhones come out in late September, and current iPhone models will get price discounts at the same time.