WhatsApp ‘disappear’ from these smartphones by the end of 2016 – The Messenger

The popular instant messaging app will soon disappear from some smartphones. WhatsApp has just turned its first seven years, with the goal of almost a billion people around the world who use it. And, for the occasion, the company has chosen to draw on its official blog a balance between past and future. Because, it says, in addition to the challenges they arrive, “anniversaries are also an opportunity to look back.”

“When we started in 2009, the use that people would make mobile devices were very different from today “continues the statement, where it is recalled that about 70% of smartphones sold then had operating systems offered by BlackBerry and Nokia.

Today, however, the systems of Google, Apple and Microsoft (installed in less than 25 % of devices sold six years ago) represent 99.5% of the market. And so, “if we look forward to our next seven years – we read on the official blog – we want to focus our efforts on the devices that the vast majority of people use.” And here comes the bitter passage for some fans of the application: “By the end of 2016 we will close support for WhatsApp Messenger on the following mobile platforms.”

– BlackBerry (including BlackBerry 10)

– Nokia S40

– Nokia Symbian S60

– Android 2.1 and Android 2.2

– Windows Phone 7.1

Devices, communicates the company, which “does not offer the kind of functionality that we need to expand the features of the application in the future.”

“It ‘s been an amazing journey – even WhatsApp said – and in the coming months we will even more emphasis on features to ensure security, on the one hand, and always offer more ways to stay connected with the people that you care about the other. ” To continue using WhatsApp, he concludes, “if you use one of these mobile devices, you should upgrade to a newer version of Android, iPhone or Windows Phone before the end of 2016″.
         

             Monday, February 29, 2016, 14:53 – Last Updated: 15:13
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