{"id":63108,"date":"2019-12-11T03:27:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T03:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63108"},"modified":"2019-12-11T03:27:46","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T03:27:46","slug":"millions-whatsapp-users-lose-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63108","title":{"rendered":"Millions of WhatsApp users to lose service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone messaging app WhatsApp, which boasts\u00a0more than 1.5 billion active users, will soon go silent for millions who are still using outdated devices.<\/p>\n<p>Calling it a \u201ctough decision,\u201d the Facebook-owned company outlined which smartphones would no longer support the app, including older versions of Android, Apple and Windows phones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the best experience, we recommend you use the latest version of iOS available for your phone,\u201d WhatsApp\u00a0wrote in the support section\u00a0of their website.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The latest app update\u00a0will require\u00a0iOS 9 or higher, which means anyone using an iPhone 5 will be locked out come Feb. 1. At the same time, consumers with Samsung, Huawei, Sony or Google smartphones, which run on an Android operating system, should be up to version 4.0, dubbed \u201cIce Cream Sandwich,\u201d to continue with full service after February.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for Windows Phone users, they\u2019re getting cut off for good. \u201cYou\u2019ll no longer be able to use all Windows Phone operating systems after Dec. 31, 2019,\u201d the company wrote on their website.<\/p>\n<p>In all, these changes will leave millions of current users without WhatsApp,\u00a0the Independent reports.<\/p>\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg\u00a0announced plans\u00a0to merge messaging functions for their three social-media platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphone messaging app WhatsApp, which boasts\u00a0more than 1.5 billion active users, will soon go silent for millions who are still using outdated devices. Calling it a \u201ctough decision,\u201d the Facebook-owned company outlined which smartphones would no longer support the app, including older versions of Android, Apple and Windows phones. \u201cFor the best experience, we recommend &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[4025],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Millions of WhatsApp users to lose service - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=63108\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Millions of WhatsApp users to lose service - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Smartphone messaging app WhatsApp, which boasts\u00a0more than 1.5 billion active users, will soon go silent for millions who are still using outdated devices. 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