No, WhatsApp is not ending support for older iPhones in 2021

WhatsApp's support page says that it provides support for phones running on Android 4.0.3 and iOS 9 and newer versions of these OSes.

It also says that its app supports select phones running on KaiOS 2.5.1 including JioPhone and JioPhone 2. (Pixabay)

WhatsApp has been in the news of lately for a variety of reasons. While its payments platform, WhatsApp Pay, is one of them, the other reason is the report that the messaging app will stop supporting a number of Android and iPhone models in 2021.

As per a report by News18, WhatsApp would stop working for smartphones running on Android 4.0.3 and older versions of Google's mobile OS and iOS 9 and older versions of Apple's mobile OS.

Now, a report by WABetaInfo, the blog that tracks developments in WhatsApp, that this report isn't true, at least not all of it. “WhatsApp is not dropping the support for older iPhones. It's a fake news,” the tipster wrote in a post on Twitter.

WhatsApp is not dropping the support for older iPhones. It's a fake news. 🤷🏻‍♂️

— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) December 22, 2020

What's interesting is that WhatsApp hasn't shared any details about the possibility of its service dropping support for phones working on certain mobile operating systems. Its support page says that it provides support for phones running on Android 4.0.3 and iOS 9 and newer versions of these OSes. It also says that its app supports select phones running on KaiOS 2.5.1 including JioPhone and JioPhone 2.

This means that phones running on OSes older than Android 4.0.3 and iOS 9 aren't supported, the company still supports the devices running on these operating systems. In case you have a smartphone running on any one of these mobile operating systems, we recommend that you update your OS as soon as possible, just to be on the safer side.