WHATSAPP SUPPORT FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Earlier this week WhatsApp turned seven years old. It has
been an amazing journey and in the coming months we're putting an even greater
emphasis on security features and more ways to stay in touch with the people
that you care about.
But anniversary dates are also an opportunity to look back.
When we started WhatsApp in 2009, people's use of mobile devices looked very
different from today. The Apple App Store was only a few months old. About 70
percent of smartphones sold at the time had operating systems offered by
BlackBerry and Nokia.
Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft – which account for 99.5 percent of sales today – were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time.
Mobile operating systems offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft – which account for 99.5 percent of sales today – were on less than 25 percent of mobile devices sold at the time.
As we look ahead to our next seven years, we want to focus
our efforts on the mobile platforms the vast majority of people use. So, by the
end of 2016, we will be ending support for WhatsApp Messenger on the following
mobile platforms:
BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10
Nokia S40
Nokia Symbian S60
Android 2.1 and Android 2.2
Windows Phone 7.1
iPhone 3GS/iOS 6
While these mobile devices have been an important part of
our story, they don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our
app's features in the future.
This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one
in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and
loved ones using WhatsApp. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we
recommend upgrading to a newer Android, iPhone, or Windows Phone before the end
of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp.
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