WhatsApp has warned that its app will cease engaged on units working Android 2.three.7 OS and iOS 7. However, this may occur solely after February 1, 2020. The service’s FAQs famous that telephones with these working techniques “can not create new accounts” after that date. Moreover, WhatsApp customers gained’t be capable to reverify present accounts.
The Fb-owned firm believes that the change will solely have an effect on customers who had not bought a brand new telephone. This additionally consists of those that haven’t up to date their telephone’s working system in additional than six years. The truth is, units with older OS are already unable to create new WhatsApp account or reverify. However, WhatsApp nonetheless permits those that have already got the app on their telephone to proceed utilizing it.
The corporate stated, “you’ll not be capable to use all Home windows Cellphone working techniques after December 31, 2019. WhatsApp may not be obtainable within the Microsoft Retailer after July 1, 2019.” This variation will reportedly have an effect on a really small quantity of cellphones all over the world. In line with Statcounter, solely about zero.24 p.c telephones use Home windows working system.
The zero.24 p.c determine consists of all variations of the Home windows working system. This additionally consists of the more moderen Home windows 10 Cellular as properly. The messaging platform is recommending customers to make use of Android four.zero.three (or later) model and iOS eight (or later). Moreover, the corporate can also be asking customers to make use of units with KaiOS 2.5.1 (or later). Moreover, a number of months again, the messaging platform stated its app will finish assist for telephones working on the Home windows OS. As talked about above, Home windows telephone customers gained’t be capable to use WhatsApp on their telephone post-Dec 31, 2019.
Individually, WhatsApp will quickly unveil an upgraded model of the picture-in-picture (PiP) function. The service launched this function for each Android and iOS apps greater than a 12 months in the past. In the intervening time, it’s unknown whether or not iOS units will obtain this function or not. However the identical is anticipated to quickly arrive on Android handsets. At the moment, the app allows you to watch movies in a floating window whilst you nonetheless proceed to navigate within the chat. A report claimed that the upgraded model will allow you to play movies within the background even after switching chats.
– With inputs from IANS
