Written By
Ved Prakash
According to the new WhatsApp update for iPhones, three older iPhone devices will no longer support the biggest instant messaging app.
Compromised devices include iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6s (a total of more than ten years old).
This upgrade will be introduced on May 5, 2025, and a minimum iOS 15.1 (or more recent) is mandatory for continued use of the app.
Over 220 million iPhone 6 units have been sold and hundreds of millions more are currently under threat, is being sold at a loss because of the removal of WhatsApp support.
According to WABetaInfo, the active version of WhatsApp is based on iOS 12, though the forthcoming version will need updated APIs. Hence, it will not support it on iOS 12.0 and later versions (iOS 15.1 and afterward).