The new year is here with us, Happy New Year!
Now, with that out of the way, if you have a smartphone running on anything that is not Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) that previously had access to WhatsApp, then you should be worried and making plans for something else. This is because, at the strike of midnight, on New Year’s Day, WhatsApp will stop working on those devices.
You should be safe if you are on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and later versions for at least a year. WhatsApp still lists Android 4.1 (also Jelly Bean) as the minimum requirement for devices but you should know better.
These are the devices whose support on WhatsApp is ending on December 31, 2022:
- Archos 53 Platinum
- HTC Desire 500
- Huawei Ascend D
- Huawei Ascend D1
- Huawei Ascend D2
- Huawei Ascend G740
- Huawei Ascend Mate
- Huawei Ascend P1
- Huawei Ascend D Quad XL
- Lenovo A820
- LG Enact
- LG Lucid 2
- LG Optimus 4X HD
- LG Optimus F3
- LG Optimus F3Q
- LG Optimus F5
- LG Optimus F6
- LG Optimus F7
- LG Optimus L2 II
- LG Optimus L3 II
- LG Optimus L3 II Dual
- LG Optimus L4 II
- LG Optimus L4 II Dual
- LG Optimus L5
- LG Optimus L5 Dual
- LG Optimus L5 II
- LG Optimus L7
- LG Optimus L7 II
- LG Optimus L7 II Dual
- LG Optimus Nitro HD
- Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
- Samsung Galaxy Core
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
- Samsung Galaxy Trend II
- Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
- Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
- Sony Xperia Arc S
- Sony Xperia miro
- Sony Xperia Neo L
- Wiko Cink Five
- Wiko Darknight ZT
- ZTE Grand S Flex
- ZTE Grand X Quad V987
- Memo ZTE V956
