WhatsApp will no longer work on these phones, backup chats like this

WhatsApp has stopped support for Apple users running phones on iOS 9 or older operating system. The company has given this information on its FAQ page. WhatsApp keeps removing support for older OS versions from time to time. This time it is the turn of iOS users. The company has clearly written on its FAQ page that WhatsApp will not be supported on Apple devices which are working on iOS 9 or older versions. This means that you need to update the software version to iOS 10 or higher.

WhatsApp has FAQ page But it has been said that now WhatsApp will not support iOS 9 or older versions. To use WhatsApp on iPhone, your phone must have iOS 10 or later. WhatsApp writes on its FAQ page, “To get the best experience with all the features of WhatsApp, we recommend that you use the latest version of iOS on your phone. To learn about updating your iPhone’s software, visit the Apple Support website Go.”

Not only this, WhatsApp wrote further “We do not prohibit the use of jailbroken and unlocked devices. However, these changes may affect the functionality of your device. We do not support phones that modify the iPhone’s operating system. Let’s use the version.”

Let us tell you that currently iPhone 4s is working on iOS 9. The company has not given iOS 10 to this series. This suggests that users running iPhone 4s or earlier models will no longer be able to use WhatsApp. If you are also using models before iPhone 5, we recommend that you backup your chats in iCloud. After this you can restore them in the device with the new version.

How to backup WhatsApp on iCloud

You can back up your WhatsApp chats on iCloud and restore them on a new device with the help of the steps given below.

To take a manual backup of your chats at any time, you have to go to ‘Settings’ of WhatsApp and tap on ‘Chats’ there. After this tap on ‘Chat Backup’ and tap on ‘Back Up Now’.