WhatsApp Will Stop Working On These iPhones Soon

WhatsApp recently announced that they will stop supporting iOS 11 or older.

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App developer stopping support for older version of OS and it's a part of the development process that slowly make away from older version.

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So ya that's means WhatsApp will not run if do not have iOS 12 or newer version of iOS.

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If you have iPhone 5S or newer then install iOS 12 and continue using WhatsApp or maybe it's time for new device maybe android?

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Ok why stopping? Well it's become hard to maintain codebase for older device.

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And also new SDKs are used for app development and it become cumbersome to write code for older versions.

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Another reason is security for older version. App developer will have to manage different versions of the same app.

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And yes, new OS comes with the new features so new version of app also be improved with that.

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iPhone 5S and newer models up to XR support iOS 12. FYI, iOS 16 is in beta now, so clearly, iOS 11 is outdated at this point.

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So if you own older version of iOS then it's better to upgrade. You can either upgrade to new iPhone or maybe time to android this time.

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WhatsApp working on new features like communities feature, hiding status from specific people, message deletion time and maybe more.

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