{"id":18035,"date":"2019-12-30T11:38:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T11:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=18035"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:38:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T11:38:57","slug":"whatsapp-will-stop-working-on-all-windows-mobile-handsets-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/12\/30\/whatsapp-will-stop-working-on-all-windows-mobile-handsets-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp will stop working on all Windows Mobile handsets TOMORROW"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Microsoft has stopped supporting its Windows Mobile 10 operating system<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>WhatsApp says older devices don&#8217;t have the power to support newer features<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>It will stop supporting older Android and iOS devices from the start of February\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>A future Windows developed Surface phone will likely run the Android system\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">WhatsApp will stop working on all phones running Microsoft Windows from Tuesday 31 December, according to the messaging company.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Facebook, which owns the platform, stopped people from being able to create new WhatsApp accounts earlier in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The company said this was because it no longer actively develops for the Windows mobile operating systems and would not be publishing updates or new features.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Facebook has been gradually phasing out WhatsApp support for various smartphone devices since 2018 as part of a drive to add more advanced features.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread sm-screen\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"inread_player_top\" class=\"adHolder molads_inread_player_top\" data-adverts-ad=\"{&quot;pos&quot;:&quot;inread_player_top&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;480x270,300x250&quot;,&quot;adUnit&quot;:&quot;dailymail.uk\/dm_dmsciencetech_sciencetechart\/inread_player_top&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:[[480,270],[300,250]],&quot;id&quot;:&quot;inread_player_top&quot;,&quot;parentId&quot;:&quot;inread_player_top&quot;,&quot;extraZoneOptions&quot;:{}}\" data-google-query-id=\"CPvw6t6j3eYCFUifAQod3uACgQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/424397508\/dailymail.uk\/dm_dmsciencetech_sciencetechart\/inread_player_top_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-4029aa77d33c30a2\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/11\/18\/08\/21146820-0-image-a-1_1574067311218.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp is phasing out support for platforms that \u2018don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future\u2019\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">WhatsApp is phasing out support for platforms that \u2018don&#8217;t offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app&#8217;s features in the future\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">WhatsApp says it is removing support for devices that &#8216;don&#8217;t offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app&#8217;s features in the future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It removed support for older Windows-based phones at the beginning of 2018, at the same time as it stopped supporting all BlackBerry OS devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2020 WhatsApp will remove support for older Apple and Android devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Android versions 2.3.7 and older, as well as iOS 8 and older will lose support for the messaging service on February 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Android 2.3.7 was known as Gingerbread and launched in 2010. It is only running on about 0.3 per cent of Android devices, according to Google.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to Apple only 7 per cent of devices are running a version of its mobile operating system older than iOS 12 &#8211; which was released in 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The Facebook-owned messenger service will continue to provide support for devices running Android 4.0.3 onwards and iPhones running iOS 9 and onwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">WhatsApp said: &#8216;This was a tough decision for us to make, but the right one in order to give people better ways to keep in touch with friends, family, and loved ones.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">This is the latest casualty of Microsoft&#8217;s defunct Windows mobile OS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Earlier this year, Microsoft itself suggested that Windows 10 Mobile users should switch to Android or iOS devices because of its lack of app support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Windows Phone operating system was launched in October 2010 and then succeeded by Windows 10 Mobile in 2015.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap fff-pic\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-9b97ed1838677813\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/05\/09\/11\/13286850-7009891-image-a-37_1557397643084.jpg\" alt=\"WhatsApp is the latest departure from the almost defunct Windows 10 mobile platform\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"overlay-icon mobile-gallery\">\n<div class=\"mobile-gallery-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">WhatsApp is the latest departure from the almost defunct Windows 10 mobile platform<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In 2017, Microsoft announced that work on Windows 10 Mobile would stop due to lack of market penetration and a dearth of interest from app developers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It officially stopped supporting Windows 10 Mobile, previously referred to as Windows Phone, on December 10, 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Facebook withdrew its Facebook, Messenger and Instagram apps from Windows phones back in April.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite the lack of success with Windows Phone, Microsoft surprised the industry with plans to make a return in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In October, the firm revealed a new foldable device known as the Surface Duo &#8211; though it&#8217;s expected to run on Android instead of a Microsoft operating system.<\/p>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\">\n<div id=\"v-2075848342810478316\" class=\"vjs-video-container vjs-fixed vjs-span-two-col sciencetech\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moduleFull mol-video\">\n<div class=\"item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mol-ce66b190-7244-11e9-9b89-5b2b5c20467b\" class=\" mol-factbox sciencetech art-ins\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"\/sciencetech\/fb-7010021\/WHY-DID-MICROSOFT-DISCONTINUE-WINDOWS-PHONES.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">WHY DID MICROSOFT DISCONTINUE ITS WINDOWS PHONES?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Microsoft started gutting its phone business in 2016, making thousands of job cuts and the decision to drop the company&#8217;s mantra &#8216;mobile-first, cloud-first&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One key problem for the company was the lack of apps on the mobile platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In April, Facebook deserted Windows Phones. Skype and WhatsApp had also withdrawn their services from phones run on Windows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The operating system dipped to a 0.3 per cent of the market share by the end of Microsoft&#8217;s third financial quarter in 2016.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Critics have claimed that the apps available on Windows phones pale in comparison to their iOS and Android counterparts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">In June 2019, it emerged that Microsoft advised\u00a0Windows 10 Mobile users to switch to Android or iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>source:dailymail<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has stopped supporting its Windows Mobile 10 operating system WhatsApp says older devices don&#8217;t have the power to support newer features It will stop supporting older Android and iOS devices from the start of February\u00a0 A future Windows developed Surface phone will likely run the Android system\u00a0 WhatsApp will stop working on all phones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[7038,4295,3504,5468,5455,9127,6225,3577,6070,8394,7010,378,10742,11352,67,11973,7039,11375,8386,10722,6365,9030,6348,5165,3954,11359,5166,10415],"class_list":["post-18035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-android","tag-android-and-ios","tag-apple","tag-facebook","tag-family","tag-february","tag-friends","tag-future","tag-google","tag-instagram","tag-ios","tag-iphone","tag-market","tag-microsoft","tag-nsemgh","tag-one","tag-phone","tag-phones","tag-platform","tag-removed","tag-smartphone","tag-success","tag-us","tag-whatsapp","tag-will","tag-windows","tag-windows-10-mobile","tag-work"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}