Whenever a new system update arrives or a new update to your favorite app, security enhancements arrive to protect our data from possible attacks as well. when we use very old versions we are not protected.
And that’s what Google will start to avoid From September onwards, since the company announced that in just under two months older devices will not be able to use Google apps.
Old mobiles will become more useless
Google has started informing users that they are still using mobiles over ten years old What to September 27 Google applications will not be able to log in with your user account. Google login will not be supported on Android 2.3.7 or lower.
This means that mobiles with Android 1.0, 1.1, 1.5 Cupcake, 1.6 Donut, 2.0 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread will no longer be able to use the old Google applications. This will give an error in the connection and they will stop syncing your data with our Google account.
Android Gingerbread 2.3.7 hit the market in September 2011, which over ten years later is a good time to turn off vulnerable and outdated Google apps that still worked today.
For the less than 1% of users who still use a very old device, Google informs them that in order to access Gmail and other of its services, they will need to do so. through a supported web browser.
Via | 9to5Google