A major update to WhatsApp will see millions of older iPhones and Android ) devices cut off from the hugely popular messaging app from 1 February.
The mass purge follows a similar cull at the end of , when Windows phones lost support for WhatsApp.
The Facebook-owned app said it is necessary to block people who are running older versions of the Android or iOS operating systems in order to protect the security of its users.
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“Because we no longer actively develop for these operating systems, some features might stop functioning at any time,” a WhatsApp blog post explained.
“For the best experience, we recommend you use the latest version of iOS [or Android] available for your phone.”
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