Whatsapp To Stop Working on Selected Phones from Next Month November 1

WHATSAPP to stop working on old smartphones next months, leaving millions of people unable to see messages.

The messaging platform will remove support for a range of old smartphone models come November 1 – meaning millions could be left without access to messages, photos, and videos from loved ones.

Smartphones models with Android 4.0.4 or earlier will become incompatible, as well as iPhones with iOS 9 or earlier installed.

According to a reports by The Sun UK, it reports that the following phones will be affected by technology upgrade:

1. Galaxy Trend Lite

2. Galaxy Trend II

3. Galaxy SII

4. Galaxy S3 mini

5. Galaxy Xcover 2

6. Galaxy Core

7. Galaxy Ace 2

8. Lucid 2

9. Optimus F7

10. Optimus F5

11. Optimus L3 II Dual

12. Optimus F5

13. Optimus L5

14. Best L5 II

15. Optimus L5 Dual

16. Best L3 II

17. Optimus L7

18. Optimus L7 II Dual

19. Best L7 II

20. Optimus F6, Enact

21. Optimus L4 II Dual

22. Optimus F3

23. Best L4 II

24. Best L2 II

25. Optimus Nitro HD

26. Optimus 4X HD

27. Optimus F3Q

28. ZTE V956

29. Grand X Quad V987

30. Grand Memo

31. Xperia Miro

32. Xperia Neo L

33. Xperia Arc S

34. Alcatel

35. Ascend G740

36. Ascend Mate

37. Ascend D Quad XL

38. Ascend D1 Quad XL

39. Ascend P1 S

40. Ascend D2

41. Archos 53 Platinum

42. HTC Desire 500

43. Caterpillar Cat B15

44. Wiko Cink Five

45. Wiko Darknight

46. Lenovo A820

47. UMi X2

48. Run F1

49. THL W8

50. iPhone SE

51. iPhone 6S

52. iPhone 6S Plus

WhatsApp scrapped the plans following major backlash, which saw competitor Telegram surpass one billion downloads.

It comes as big tech continues to close in on support for old kit.

Google announced it would end sign-in support for older Android devices this month, meaning anyone with a phone older than Andoird 2.3.7 would no longer be able to access basic Google services that make their phones functional.