WhatsApp will stop working on these phones, Check the full list

The instant messaging platform WhatsApp will stop working on over 40 smartphones across brands including Apple, and Samsung, among many others on December 31.

As the year 2022 is coming to an end, WhatsApp is also ending support for some Android phones as well as a few iPhone models. While this should sound worrying, most users do not need to worry because the support that the messaging platform is ending is for phones running on old and outdated operating systems; Android version 4.1 and above, iOS 12 and above, and KaiOS 2.5.0 and above (including the JioPhone and the JioPhone 2).

This simply means that after the stated date, users of those phones will no longer be able to get updates including new features and security updates from WhatsApp – and eventually, the service will stop working for them.

List of phones that will stop supporting WhatsApp after December 31

1. Apple iPhone 5
2. Apple iPhone 5c
3. Archos 53 Platinum
4. Grand S Flex ZTE
5. Grand X Quad V987 ZTE
6. HTC Desire 500
7. Huawei Ascend D
8. Huawei Ascend D1
9. Huawei Ascend D2
10. Huawei Ascend G740
11. Huawei Ascend Mate
12. Huawei Ascend P1
13. Quad XL
14. Lenovo A820
15. LG Enact
16. LG Lucid 2
17. LG Optimus 4X HD
18. LG Optimus F3
19. LG Optimus F3Q
20. LG Optimus F5
21. LG Optimus F6
22. LG Optimus F7
23. LG Optimus L2 II
24. LG Optimus L3 II
25. LG Optimus L3 II Dual
26. LG Optimus L4 II
27. LG Optimus L4 II Dual
28. LG Optimus L5
29. LG Optimus L5 Dual
30. LG Optimus L5 II
31. LG Optimus L7
32. LG Optimus L7 II
33. LG Optimus L7 II Dual
34. LG Optimus Nitro HD
35. Memo ZTE V956
36. Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
37. Samsung Galaxy Core
38. Samsung Galaxy S2
39. Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
40. Samsung Galaxy Trend II
41. Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
42. Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
43. Sony Xperia Arc S
44. Sony Xperia miro
45. Sony Xperia Neo L
46. Wiko Cink Five
47. Wiko Darknight ZT