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WhatsApp is ending support for Windows Phone, and old Android / iOS devices: What you need to know



The Facebook-owned messaging platform, WhatsApp, has already discontinued its service for some phones including several Nokia, BlackBerry, Android and iPhones in the past. With 2019 over, WhatsApp is ending support for all Windows phones. Support for Windows phones officially ended on December 31, 2019.




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If the news of Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is true then it nullifies the WhatsApp's announcement of ending the support for the Windows Mobile phone. However, all of this is still falls under the sphere of rumours and speculation and there is no timeline given for the availability of the UWP app.


According to an official blog posted by the Facebook owned messaging platform, WhatsApp will end support for iPhones running on iOS 7 and older software. So, if you are an iPhone user and have iOS 7 and older software running on your phone, it is advisable to upgrade to latest software right now. Upgrade to the latest software version, go to Settings menu, Click on General, then go to Software update, and upgrade to latest software.


To do that, the company will be ending support for WhatsApp Messenger on BlackBerry, which will include the latest BlackBerry 10 OS; Nokia S40; Nokia Symbian S60; Android 2.1 and Android 2.2; and Windows Phone 7.1.


WhatsApp announced a similar move at the end of 2016, ending support for older mobile operating systems including from BlackBerry and Nokia. In fact, BlackBerry 10 was supposed to be on the cutting block, but WhatsApp kept support around for another year.


While WhatsApp is ending support for the Windows Phone platform, new reports have emerged suggesting that the company is working on a Universal Windows Platform (UWP) app. The UWP app will reportedly run on the recent version of Windows Phone and Windows Desktop platforms.


Nonetheless, WhatsApp has made its decision to stop support for its service on older smartphones. In addition to this, WhatsApp also stated that it will be ending its support for older Windows, iPhones and Android handsets by January. Moreover, the service is also said to end support for Nokia and Blackberry models by mid-2017.


If you use WhatsApp regularly but you are using it on a Windows phone, then the time has come for you to switch to an Android or an iOS-based device, because WhatsApp has announced that from December 31, 2019, it is going to end its support for all Windows-powered phones.


In July 2021, WhatsApp announced forthcoming support for sending uncompressed images and videos in 3 options: Auto, Best Quality and Data Saver,[137] and end-to-end encryption for backups stored in Facebook's cloud.[138] The company was also testing multi-device support, allowing Computer users to run WhatsApp without an active phone session.[139]


Now that the Windows Phone 8 Store has stopped working, and the company is ending support for Windows 10 Mobile on January 14th, WhatsApp have made the move to remove the app from the Microsoft Store.


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WhatsApp is saying goodbye to the Windows Phone world by officially ending support for the mobile platform managed by Microsoft. The Facebook-owned company has decided to withdraw support from all Windows Phone versions from today. This means no matter which Windows Phone iteration your device has, it won't get official support for WhatsApp starting tomorrow. The instant messaging app that has over 1.5 billion users across the globe and more than 400 million users in India alone is also set to leave its support for the devices running Android version 2.3.7 and older alongside the iPhone models running iOS 8 and older from February 1, 2020.


Hi there can anyone advise on if its possible to transfer whatsapp bavkup chats from android(google drive) to iphone(icloud). Want to do it for father as he has many messages related to work which he wants. Thanks


Hello, I would like to recover old deleted chats in whatsapp. I have my android phone set to back up automatically every week. I have read that the last back up overrides the last one. Is that mean that I can only recuperate the chats from the last week or I can also get the ones I have been erasing for almost a year? Can you please help? 2ff7e9595c


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