older) operating systems, as it has
passed its end-of-life date of December 31, 2017.
slight reprieve, with WhatsApp
saying they will get a ‘grace period’. It’s unclear if users on Windows Phone
and BlackBerry OS have received a similar reprieve, and we’ve reached out for
confirmation. The reason behind the move, WhatsaApp says, is the dwindling user
base on the respective platforms as consumers are sticking to Android and iOS.
In a statement to Crackberry, Once the
date passes Dec 31, 2017, the app will go into “deprecation” mode. It
will still continue to function for a short grace period, but some behaviors
will change. Most importantly, you will no longer be able to re-register your
account with the app. That means if you delete and reinstall it (or install it
on a different phone), it will no longer allow you to verify your phone number
and complete the setup process.
After the grace period, which is
approximately two weeks after the published date, the app will go into
“expired” mode. At this point, it will stop functioning as a usable
WhatsApp client, and thus will no longer connect to our servers. (Around this
same time, our servers will stop allowing the client to connect as well.)
However, once it is expired, the BlackBerry 10 client app may still allow you
to access your existing message content on your phone. This behavior should be
similar to what was seen by everyone who forgot to update their app the last
time our published expiration date had passed.
OS 10 device after 31st of December doesn’t mean anything has
changed. The BlackBerry 10 client is just a dead app gasping its last breaths
of air. As we’ve mentioned before, you should really being making all efforts
to move from the native app as the longer you wait, the more chance there is
that you won’t even be able to export your data as it requires a connection to
WhatsApp servers.
dead! Move on.
Are people still using phones with this OS? Android phones are very cheap na, why disturb yourself with these os that are gradually going into extinction.
It is a sorry case
I hate backwardness. Move with the trend
So some people still depend on blackberry?
Sorry for blackberry users… Try to port to Android
There are less users of phones running these OS in Nigeria. So much people won't be affected, in Nigeria o
It's Users must port
People still dey use bb?
BB ke??
Time to move on from Blackberry to android. I made this decision long time ago
Important announcement
We mourn the dead of blackberry family…
Rest in peace
BlackBerry
Odigba
BlackBerry users shud start selling dre phones oooo
Move people move!!!!! !!!!!!!
So finally Whatsapp have decided to stop on blackberry. Sorry to its users
they should move to android.
Android is there now
They should port na
Blackberry needs to step up their game.
Enough with all this announcement, they should just go ahead and kill the app already.