Smartphones with operating systems Blackberry OS or Windows Phone 8.0 (or older version) will be private soon by the most popular messenger application.
In a recently made announcement Jan Koum, the director Whatsapp He announced that in a few days the application WhatsApp Messenger will no longer be functional mobile phones / Smartphones with BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone 8.0 operating systems.
Initially it was announced termination of WhatsApp starting with the Moon June 2017, however, the company has decided to extend this term by 6 months, giving the possibility of smartphones with BlackBerry OS or Windows Phone 8.0 to buy newer devices.
We do not believe that this change will affect too many users. Smartphones with BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone 8.0 are no longer present on the market for a long time. It should be specified that smartphones with Android operating system (BlackBerry Priv and DTEK50) will be affected.
Regarding the owners of devices with Windows Phone 8.0, the WhatsApp application has not allowed the registration of new accounts since the beginning of November 2017. Starting with January 2018, it will no longer work even if you have the registered accounts and the active application.
If you are the owner of a smartphone with Windows Phone 8.0 that supports upgrade, we recommend that you update Windows Phone 8.1. This version will continue to support the WhatsApp Messenger application.
