Here's what you can do if WhatsApp stops working on your phone from Jan 1

 

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Millions of former smartphone users around the world will have to prepare for the inevitable: WhatsApp may stop working on their phones as of January 1, 2021, as the messaging platform will no longer be supported on multiple devices.

WhatsApp has announced that it is withdrawing support for some older devices that are currently compatible with the application. While some users with older devices will be able to continue using WhatsApp by updating their software, others will not be so lucky.

Leaving support for old phones is nothing new for WhatsApp. This time around, the messaging platform will no longer be compatible with any iPhone running on pre-iOS9 software.

This means that the iPhone 4 and other models will not be able to access WhatsApp as of January 1, 2021. The iPhone 4S, 5, 5S, 5C, 6, and 6S can be updated to iOS9, so they will be able to support WhatsApp. once updated.

There is bad news for Android users too. WhatsApp will no longer work on devices with Android 4.0.3 or earlier versions of the operating system.

What can users do?

What operating system does your phone use?

First of all, you need to find out what operating system your phone is using.

To find out what operating system their phone is running on, iPhone users can go to Settings> General> Information, where you will find information about the version of the software on their iPhone.

On the other hand, Android users can go to Settings> About phone to see what version of Android their smartphone is running on.

One of the main problems users will face when their WhatsApp is no longer accessible is the lack of access to their chats. Therefore, it is important that people with the phones mentioned above back up their chats before January 1, 2021, if they want to retain them.

They can do this by going to the 'Chat Backup' option in the Chats section in Settings. In addition to backing up their chats, old device users should also start looking for smartphones that are compatible with WhatsApp if they want to use the messaging app in the future.