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WhatsApp will stop working on some phones after 31 December
WhatsApp will stop working on some phones after 31 December

Margi Murphy
27 DECEMBER 2017 • 10:28 AM
WhatsApp will stop support for customers using Nokia, Windows and Blackberry phones along with phones running old software versions after December 31.

The Facebook-owned app may stop working on Nokia Symbian S60, BlackBerry OS and Blackberry 10, Windows Phone 8.0, Nokia S40 at any time after the cut-off date, as it will not be offering any more technology upgrades.

"If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone to continue using WhatsApp," a blogpost on its website read.

Additionally, Android operating systems (common on Google, Samsung, HTC or OnePlus smartphones) versions 2.3.7 and older will stop working on February 1 2020.

"This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones using WhatsApp," it continued.

Blackberry phones will no longer be supported by WhatsApp 
Blackberry phones will no longer be supported by WhatsApp
The messaging app, which launched in 2009, has more than one billion users. It was bought by Facebook for $19bn in 2014.

But in 2016 it was charged with misleading EU regulators over how it combined WhatsApp phone numbers and social media profile data. The commission said this breached assurances Facebook had made when the deal was approved in 2014.

Facebook initially claimed it would not be able to establish "reliable automated matching between the two companies' user accounts", when it bought WhatsApp, according to the EU regulator.

But in 2016 it changed its privacy policy to alert customers their WhatsApp and Facebook account information would merge to provide targeted advertising.

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