WhatsApp stops working forever on these mobile models starting in March

The popular messaging application WhatsApp will stop working on several mobile models starting in March in the European Union.

Meta, Mark Zuckerberg’s company that owns the app, has been forced to comply with security regulations necessary to manage the application.

For this reason, the company has decided to remove it from devices with an operating system within Android 5.0 or iOS 12 starting next March 1. Since its older versions do not comply with the new security standards or are outdated, as explained by WhatsApp on its website.

The reason is the entry into force of the Digital Markets Law in the European framework. This legislation forces ‘gatekeepers’ or ‘access guardians’, with more than 45 million users on the European continent alone, to adopt a series of measures to improve the services of their apps.

One of them will be interoperability, which will also allow, starting March 1, to send messages between different platforms such as Telegram or Signal . So the giants chosen by the authorities to act as gatekeepers, Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, ByteDance (TikTok), Meta, Microsoft and Samsung, will have to introduce these changes.

None of this will be possible for older cell phones. Check the following listing to see if your device will be affected by the ban:

– iPhone: iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus

– Samsung: Samsung Galaxy Core, Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite, Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, Samsung Galaxy S3 mini, Samsung Galaxy Trend II and Samsung Galaxy X cover 2

– Huawei: Huawei Ascend Mate, Huawei Ascend G740 and Huawei Ascend D2

– Sony: Sony Xperia M and Lenovo A820

– LG: LG Optimus L3 II Dual, LG Optimus L5 II, LG Optimus F5, LG Optimus L7II, LG Optimus L5 Dual, LG Optimus L7 Dual, LG Optimus F3, LG Optimus L3 II, LG Optimus F3Q, LG Optimus L2 II, LG Optimus L4 II, LG Optimus F6, LG Enact, LG Lucid 2 and LG Optimus F7

– ZTE: ZTE V956 – UMI X2, ZTE Grand S Flex, ZTE Grand Memo

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