Android Phones That WhatsApp Will Stop Supporting at the Beginning of 2025

As new phones came out and applications improved, we were seeing that many applications stopped providing support for old phones. The world’s largest messaging app WhatsApp was one of them. In fact, a few weeks ago it was seen that support for some older iPhones would be discontinued next year.

Now such news has come from Android. In a news shared by Infobae, WhatsApp support will be discontinued as of January 1, 2025 to Android phones place was given. It did not go unnoticed that the list included models that still use Android KitKat, which was released in 2013.

Phones that are claimed to not be able to use WhatsApp as of January 1

• Samsung Galaxy S3
• Samsung Galaxy Note 2
• Samsung Galaxy Ace 3
• Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini
• Motorola Moto G
• Motorola Razr HD
• Motorola Moto E 2014
• HTC One X
• HTC One X Plus
• HTC Desire 500
• HTC Desire 601
• LG Optimus G
• LG Nexus 4
• LG G2 Mini
• LG L90
• Sony Xperia Z
• Sony Xperia SP
• Sony Xperia T
• Sony Xperia V

The phones you see above are all at least 10 years old. The number of people currently using these devices is really very small at the moment. Therefore, it would not be wrong to say that not many people will be affected. Also, for now underline that there is a claim It is necessary. There was no official statement from WhatsApp. That’s why we can’t say for sure.

So why does the company stop supporting these devices? Actually the answer is quite simple. Dozens of new features come to WhatsApp every year. They all need more modern hardware and software to work properly. For this reason, they are offered for newer phones and operating system versions. Old models also cannot meet these requirements. This causes the company to cut support.