The WhatsApp application will no longer work on all models iPhone

The most popular messaging application in the world, WhatsApp, received an update this week that will affect a significant number of users.
Starting with the version 2.21.50 a WhatsApp for iPhone, it will need to run at least on the device iOS 10 or a newer version to use the application. In other words, the owners of iPhone 4S they will no longer be able to use the application and the service Whatsapp from these devices.

Although we are talking about a smartphone launched 9 years ago, iPhone 4S it can still be found in the pockets of many people around the world. a iPhone with a design that propaid on time until today, so that in 2020 - 2021 we have one iPhone 12 with very a lines and shapespromarkets iPhone 4S. Unfortunately, the "veteran" does not support newer versions of iOS 9.

WhatsApp has recently published a short list of operating systems that can support the latest version of the application:

- smartphones Android with operating system 4.0.3 or later
- iPhone cu iOS 10 or newer version.
– smartphones with KaiOS 2.5.1 or newer. Including JioPhone and JioPhone 2 here.

In February last year (2020), WhatsApp released an update that eliminated the possibility of the application running on iPhone 4 or older models. That update was only compatible with versions of iOS 8 or newer. In those conditions, the owners of iPhone 4S were not affected.

We don't know if next year WhatsApp will come with an update that will remove support for iPhone 5 and iPhone 5 C. The latter being compatible with iOS 10 or older versions.