Every once in a while, WhatsApp drops support for older versions of platforms it is available on. The last time this happened was in December 2020. Within a year, the Facebook-owned instant messaging service has revealed when it will be ceasing operations for even more devices.

According to the official WhatsApp FAQ page (via Yahoo Finance Australia), the messaging app will stop working on the versions of operating systems that were set as a bare minimum at the end of last year.

This means the world’s most-used instant messaging service will no longer work on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich, iOS 9, and KaiOS 2.5.0 from November 1, 2021.

If you are using smartphones/feature phones running any of the operating systems mentioned above, you will have to either update to a newer version if available or switch to a handset with the new minimum requirements to continue using WhatsApp.

The company states that from the first of November, 2021, WhatsApp will require a minimum of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, iOS 10, or KaiOS 2.5.1. Additionally, the firm explicitly mentions that no matter the iOS version, if an iPhone is jailbroken, the application will not work.

Since WhatsApp will be retiring very old versions of Android and iOS, the changes won’t affect many users. However, we cannot say the same for KaiOS users as these consumers may not know how to update their phone or the OEM might not have pushed any new firmware.

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