WhatsApp To Stop Working On Windows OS From Tuesday, December 31

According to sorce, Before the final decision was taken, Facebook, the

parent company of WhatsApp, had stopped

new account creations on mobile Windows

platform

WhatsApp has said that its instant messaging

app will stop working on all phones running

Microsoft Windows OS from Tuesday,

December 31.

It should be noted that Facebook, the owner of

WhatsApp, stopped people from creating new

accounts on Windows phones earlier in the

year, Daily Mail reports.

The reason for doing so, according to the

company, was because it has stopped

developing updates for the platform, and as

such there would not be new updates or

features for the OS.

The app company was also reported to have

said that it is stopping support for devices

whose operating systems do not have the

capabilities that are needed to expand the

app’s features.

The decision to stop running on Microsoft

Windows phones was taken because such

gadgets can no longer support future updates.

In that view, it will also be stopping support for

older Apple and Android devices. That will

affect devices that run Android gadgets on

2.3.7 and older and iOS 8.

Apple said that only 7% of its devices

worldwide are running OS older than iOS 12, an

operating system that was released in 2018.

Another thing worthy of note is that WhatsApp

will only be supporting android devices on

4.0.3 and higher and iOS 9 upwards.

“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,” the app company said.