WhatsApp Drops Support for These iPhone Models

WhatsApp has ended enactment for iOS versions older than iOS 15.1, removing the chat platform's compatibility with respective iPhone models successful the process. The alteration began connected June 1, aft Meta delayed it from an archetypal planned day of May 5.


WhatsApp is nary longer compatible with iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus models. Users with those devices won't beryllium capable to entree the encrypted chat work done the app unless they upgrade their iPhone. Alternatively, users tin sojourn web.whatsapp.com successful their browser, but the acquisition won't beryllium the same.

Users who mean to upgrade tin backmost up their WhatsApp chats to iCloud, and reconstruct their afloat chat and media past to a newer, supported instrumentality utilizing using WhatsApp's Chat Transfer feature. Instructions connected however to bash truthful are outlined successful WhatsApp's Help Center.

In related developments, WhatsApp is now disposable connected the iPad, coming much than 15 years aft the messaging work launched. Meta has confirmed that an Instagram app for the iPad is besides successful the works.
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