The popular Social Media Messanger WhatsApp would seize support on a range of old smartphones by 1st January 2018.
Sadly, owners of these old Smartphones won't be able to enjoy new features or plugs for security holes which are often introduced in updates.
Phones including Blackberry 10, Windows Phone 8.0 or those which run Blackberry Operating System will no longer be able to update their WhatsApp software as from 1st January 2018.
WhatsApp made this know in a blog post revealing that they'd want to expand their app's features and the phones mentioned above won't offer the kind of capabilities they need.
Their post read thus:
"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."
Additionally, Android OS version 2.3.7 and older will stop functioning correctly after February 1st, 2020.
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