WhatsApp Will Stop Working on Select Android Smartphones From Tomorrow - Is Yours on the List?
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WhatsApp will stop working on pre-Android 6 smartphones from September 8. Affected users have already started to be alerted.
WhatsApp will stop working on select Android smartphones from tomorrow - is yours on the list?
WhatsApp is set to raise the bar for its minimum requirements and, for a small group of users, the app will simply cease to open. Starting from 8 September 2026, the service will no longer be compatible with Android phones stuck on a version earlier than 6.0, according to reports from WABetaInfo, which reconstructed the […]
As of Tuesday, September 8, WhatsApp will only be compatible with Android phones that have installed (at least) version 6 of Google's operating system. The same type of "purga" will happen with iPhones in November.
WhatsApp is gradually phasing out support for older operating system versions, citing security and technical requirements. Under the new policy, devices running Android 6 and below will no longer be supported from September 8, 2026, and iPhones running iOS versions prior to 15.5 will no longer be available from November 30, 2026. Here are the details…
WhatsApp will end support for certain Android devices as of today.
The list of phones for which WhatsApp support has been discontinued has been updated. Support for devices running Android 6 and below iOS 15.5 ends in 2026.
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