Attention WhatsApp will stop working on these smartphones from October 24, is your device also in the list?

WhatsApp stops supporting older Android or iOS versions over time. The company itself gives this information in its blog and now, according to the latest list, WhatsApp support will soon stop on Android 5.0 version or earlier. This means that WhatsApp will work only on those smartphones which are running on a version newer than the specified version. If you also want to know whether your device is in this list or not, then read below. WhatsApp has informed in its blog that the company’s instant messaging app will stop running on Android OS 5.0 and earlier. Currently, the app supports Android 4.1 and above, but after October 24, support for devices running older versions will be discontinued. There are still many smartphone devices in the market which are working on OS versions older than Android 5.0. Some of these popular models are Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Desire HD, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc3. If you also want to check the Android version of your phone, you can check your operating system by tapping on ‘About Phone’ inside the ‘Settings’ app. You can check. If you are running an Apple device, then let us tell you that currently WhatsApp support is available on iPhone iOS 12 and newer versions also. Support is also ongoing on JioPhone and JioPhone 2 with OS version KaiOS 2.5.0 and above. Apart from this, let us tell you that recently a brand new Channel feature has been added on WhatsApp. It allows the user to follow a celebrity or community or group to get all the updates related to them. Users can follow channels related to news, cinema, sports, entertainment, technology etc. This is very similar to following people on X, Instagram or Facebook. Meta has launched this feature in more than 150 countries of the world. India is also included in this.