Phones that will lose WhatsApp support

WhatsApp will no longer support some older phone models as of 1 September 2024. If you have one of the phones on the list, you may need to look for alternative solutions.

The list of phones whose WhatsApp support will be cut continues to be updated. As of 1 September 2024, WhatsApp will end support for older models of Samsung, Huawei, LG, Sony and Lenovo. Devices on this list will no longer receive new updates of WhatsApp.

New ones are added to phones that will not receive update support

Phone models that do not support WhatsApp are generally among the old model devices that no longer receive software updates. Such devices cannot benefit from new updates because they are hardware outdated. For this reason, not only WhatsApp but even Google itself terminates its support after a while.

Here are the brands and models that WhatsApp will not support as of 1 September:

• Samsung Galaxy Core
• Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite
• Samsung Galaxy Ace 2
• Samsung Galaxy S3 mini
• Samsung Galaxy Trend II
• Samsung Galaxy Xcover 2
• Huawei Ascend Mate
• Huawei Ascend G740
• Huawei Ascend D2
• LG Optimus L3 II Dual
• LG Optimus L5 II
• LG Optimus F5
• LG Optimus L3 II
• LG Optimus L7II
• LG Optimus L5 Dual
• LG Optimus L7 Dual
• LG Optimus F3
• LG Optimus F3Q
• LG Optimus L2 II
• LG Optimus L4 II
• LG Optimus F6
• LG Enact
• LG Lucid 2
• LG Optimus F7
• Lenovo A820
• Sony Xperia M