Facebook-owned mobile messaging app WhatsApp
will stop working on a number of platforms from December 31, the company has
confirmed.
The messaging app will drop
support for 'BlackBerry OS', 'BlackBerry 10', 'Windows Phone 8.0' and older
platforms, from December 31, 2017, according to an express.co.uk report
published on Monday.
"We will no longer actively develop for these
platforms, some features may stop functioning at any time," WhatsApp said.
"These platforms don't offer the kind of
capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one
of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer OS version,
or to a newer Android running OS 4.0+, iPhone running iOS 7+, or Windows Phone
8.1+ so that you can continue using WhatsApp," the company added.
WhatsApp said that it will not
work on 'Nokia S40' after December 2018. Also, the app will stop functioning
correctly on Android OS version 2.3.7 and older, after February 1, 2020.