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Alert! WhatsApp will not work on these 35 smartphones, check if it is your phone

News Update | August 7, 2024 5:24 AM CST

Popular messaging platform WhatsApp frequently ends app support for older smartphones to improve its services for newer devices.

The Meta-owned platform has once again announced the end of app support for around 35 Android and iOS devices. The list of these devices includes phones from Samsung, Apple, Motorola, Sony, LG and Huawei.

Meta's service has given its users time to back up their chat history so that their old chats can be transferred to the new device. To continue using WhatsApp, these users will now have to upgrade their smartphones. This means that these users have no other option but to replace their existing phone. You can see the list of devices below in which WhatsApp will no longer work.

WhatsApp will not work on these smartphones

If you have one of the devices mentioned below, WhatsApp will not be able to be used without replacing it.

iPhone 5
iPhone 6
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone SE
Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
Galaxy Core
Galaxy Express 2
Galaxy Grand
Galaxy Note 3
Galaxy S3 Mini
Galaxy S4 Active
Galaxy S4 Mini
Galaxy S4 Zoom
Moto G
Moto X
Sony Xperia Z1
Xperia E3
LG Optimus 4X HD
Optimus G
Optimus G Pro
Optimus L7
Lenovo 46600
Lenovo A858T
Lenovo P70
Lenovo S890
Huawei Ascend P6 S
Ascend G525
Huawei C199
Huawei GX1s
Huawei Y625

If you want to continue using WhatsApp, you must have a device running on Android 5.0 or later and iOS 12 or later.

This is how you can take backup in your old phone

Before starting to use WhatsApp on a new phone, it is important to back up the chats from the old phone so that you do not miss the old chats. For this, you have to go to the Chats section in Settings and then tap on Chat Backup. You can tap on 'Back up now' to create a backup immediately and this backup file can be transferred to another device.