WhatsApp says it will be ending support for 43 smartphones by November 2021. The smartphones include the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and others. The communication company further says that smartphones running iOS 9, Android 4.0 or earlier won’t be able to use the application until they upgrade their OS.

Smartphone models losing support include phones from Apple, LG, ZTE, Sony, Samsung, Huawei, and Archos. Maybe it is all plans from these companies to prompt their customers to upgrade their old smartphones.

The smartphones losing support are:

• Apple iPhone SE, 6S, and 6S Plus
• LGLucid 2, Optimus F7, Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus F5, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 Dual, Optimus L3 II, Optimus L7, Optimus L7 II Dual, Optimus L7 II, Optimus F6, Enact , Optimus L4 II Dual, Optimus F3, Optimus L4 II, Optimus L2 II, Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD and Optimus F3Q.
• ZTE: Grand S Flex, ZTE V956, Grand X Quad V987 and Grand Memo.
• Sony Xperia Miro, Sony Xperia Neo L, Xperia Arc S
• Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy SII, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core and Galaxy Ace 2.
• Huawei Ascend Mate and Ascend D2Alcatel: One Touch Evo 7
• Others are Archos 53 Platinum, HTC Desire 500, Caterpillar Cat B15, Wiko Cink Five, Wiko Darknight, Lenovo A820, UMi X2, Faea F1 and THL W8.

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Meanwhile…

Google will stop supporting older Android devices when you sign in with your Google account. Starting from September 27th, Google will not let you sign in to your Google account if you still run Andriod 2.3.7, codenamed Gingerbread or older.

“As part of our ongoing efforts to keep our users safe, Google will no longer allow sign-in on Android devices that run Android 2.3.7 or lower starting September 27, 2021.”

Google is taking this action based on security reasons. The tech company has been going big on privacy and security features recently.

The company is mentioned on its support page.

“If you sign into your device after September 27, you may get username or password errors when you try to use Google products and services like Gmail, YouTube, and Maps.”

So you have an Android device running Gingerbread or lower, kindly check if you can update to the next version of Google’s OS available for your phone.

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