WhatsApp Messenger Stops Working For Selected Smartphones from 1st January

Whatsapp Messenger will quit working for this Selective Smartphones after Dec 31st 

Users who are using WhatsApp on Symbian Operating framework will never again have the capacity to use WhatsApp from 1st January. WhatsApp will pull back its services to the Symbian OS working mobiles. All the Smartphones that keep running on the Symbian OS will be no longer have the entrance to WhatsApp.

December 31st is the due date for all the cell phones that keep running on Symbian OS to get to WhatsApp. There were numerous cell phones that were propelled with Symbian OS like Nokia N8 series.

WhatApp has affirmed this news on its blog entry prior this year. The Symbian upheld telephones, as well as telephones that are running on Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 will be in the rundown of telephones that WhatsApp will have its administrations for. Couple of Windows and BlackBerry mobiles will also witness this.

 Nokia, Windows, Blackberry are on the list of telephones which WhatsApp Messenger will quit loaning its support for It has chosen to end its support for the underneath said telephones beginning January first, 2017. 

WhatsApp Messenger Stops Working For Selected Smartphones from 1st January, 2017 


The List Of Mobiles Whatsapp Will Be Terminating

• Phones using Windows Phone 7.1 
• Phones using Nokia S40 
• Phones using Nokia S60 
• Apple iPhone 3GS and iPhones using iOS 6 
• Phones that run on BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 
• Phones using Android 2.1 and Android 2.2

Nokia has effectively stopped on assembling phones anymore, yet there are few of its Symbian-fueled telephones that are being used like Nokia C5 03, Nokia 5233, Nokia E6, Nokia Asha 306, and Nokia E52.

WhatsApp mentioned in its blog post that ‘While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don’t offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app’s features in the future’. “This is 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 using WhatsApp.”

 Whatsapp also recommends its clients who are on the going to-shutdown-its-services phones to move to different mobiles like Android, iPhone, or Windows telephone before the end of the year to keep getting the services of their app.


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WhatsApp testing new ‘Status’ tab; lets you share photos like Instagram ‘Stories’ or Snapchat ‘Snaps’

WhatsApp is currently testing new interface with ‘Status’ updates tab to the interface after adding a ‘Camera’ tab to the interface along with Video Calling. ‘Status’ updates is not a new addition to WhatsApp and has long existed with the launch of WhatsApp in 2009. But this new addition will introduce sharing images with your contacts for a limited period, just like ‘Stories’ in Instagram and ‘Snaps’ in Snapchat.

The new hidden WhatsApp ‘Status’ feature in latest Android Beta

On checking the new user interface, the new ‘Status’ tab will co-exist with the old ‘Status’ section in the Settings Menu. Facebook, the owner of WhatsApp, seems to have introduced the ‘Snaps’ like functionality in all its products, right from Facebook Messenger’s ‘Messenger Day‘ to Instagram’s ‘Instagram Stories‘ to the new ‘Status’ tab in WhatsApp. Earlier the company introduced a Camera Tab to click photographs or record videos and send them to multiple people without leaving WhatsApp or going to individual chat and using the camera icon to the ‘Type a message’ area.

Camera Interface to add a new ‘new’ WhatsApp ‘Status’

Currently, the functionality is only available as a hidden feature in the latest WhatsApp public beta for Android and iOS. You will need a rooted Android or a Jailbroken iOS device to enable the hidden functionality. WhatsApp is testing the feature and feedback to implement the UI changes for a wider rollout down the line. One thing to note is that there is no direct way to delete the ‘Status’ images or videos shared in the ‘Status’ tab.

There are no options to set the timing of the image or video except the app asks you to set ‘Status recipients’ at the beginning. After the initial setup, you can change the recipients of the status using the three dot menu on the top right corner of the app when in the ‘Status’ tab. You can add a new status using the add ‘New Status’ tab on the top right options in the ‘Status’ tab. After clicking the photo or recording the video, you will be presented with a preview screen where you can crop the video or add emoji’s, text overlays, and scribble using the pencil tool on the image or video.

WhatsApp New Status section along with the old (existing) status section

Facebook is pushing to counter the popularity of Snapchat by replicating the functionality of ‘Snapchats.’ In the limited testing of Instagram ‘Stories,’ the main issue with the implementation is the number of people that are sharing the images, depending in thousands on the number of people that you are following. There is no easy way to manage the long horizontal scroll list of ‘Stories.’

This content originally appeared on tech.firstpost.com