although in Many countries in the world of WhatsApp are not even heard, here in USA it seems to be on all possible phones. And that’s exactly why we’re closer to the news that Facebook will stop supporting new iPhones in exactly four days. A decision that has already been announced in the past, and which is a good time to remember it.
As of December 31, Facebook will stop supporting iOS 10 on WhatsApp. This means that iPhones still running that OS version, unable to upgrade, will lose access to the app. A change that, in fact, does not only concern the iPhone, since there are, in fact, 49 models of phones that will no longer be able to use Zuckerberg’s messaging.
Abandon old systems in favor of new ones
And which iPhones are still running iOS 10? They are two: iPhone 5 and iPhone 5C. Both presented in September 2012, a little over 10 years ago. Which, in large part, justifies that they no longer receive news from Facebook, even if it is still necessary to take this into account.
It’s not, by far, ideal, but in these iPhones it has to be able to continue to access whatsapp via web
We don’t know exactly how many WhatsApp users will still be on an iPhone 5 or iPhone 5c, but we have some related numbers. A few months ago, according to Apple itself, of the total number of users who regularly access the App Store, 7% did it with iOS 13 or earlier
Although the most critical Facebook platforms were quick to say in their time that no matter how much WhatsApp leaves behind the old operating systems, the news that comes is scant, it is true that being able to develop only for the systems newer ones is a great advantage. An advantage that results in better security, more processing capacity, memory management and other variables allowing developers to take advantage of it, suggest us more useful apps. We’ll see if Facebook, while we’re still waiting for their apps to hit the iPad, has any improvements in mind.
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