15 Mobile Phone Brands That Can't Be Used for WhatsApp as of November 1st
Development of WhatsApp is so fast. Since its launch in 2009, the application continues to be at the top. As reported by the Today in 24 pages, in the Digital 2021 report developed by We Are Social and Hootsuite, in January 2021 more than 2 billion people were registered.
Seeing the number of users and technological advances, WhatsApp continues to make updates so that the application runs optimally, WhatsApp then reveals that the application will no longer work on some older generation mobile devices, Yes, WhatsApp is now trying to focus its efforts on the latest generation of mobile phones that have optimal application services. So, according to the official announcement, this instant messaging application will stop working on phones that have the Android operating system equal to or lower than Android 4.0.3, as well as iOS 9, as of November 1, 2021. From the official website, WhatsApp wrote, "We provide support for and recommends the use of the following devices: Android running OS 4.1 and later. iPhone running iOS 10 and later."
Then, what is the list of phones that will no longer be able to use WhatsApp?
Samsung: Galaxy Trend Lite, Galaxy Trend II, Galaxy S3 mini, Galaxy Xcover 2, Galaxy Core, Galaxy Ace 2.
LG: Lucid 2, Optimus F7, Optimus F5, Optimus L3 II Dual, Optimus F5, Optimus L5, Optimus L5 II, Optimus L5 Dual, Optimus L3 II, Optimus L7, Optimus L7 II Dual, Optimus L7 II, Optimus F6, Applicable , Optimus L4 II Dual,
Optimus F3, Optimus L4 II, Optimus L2 II, Optimus Nitro HD and 4X HD, and Optimus F3Q
ZTE: Grand S Flex, ZTE V956, Grand X Quad V987, Grand Memo
Huawei: Ascend G740, Ascen Mate, Ascend D2
Sony: Xperia M
Archos 53 Platinum
HTC Desire 500
Caterpillar Cat B15
Wiko Cink Five, Wiko Darknight
Lenovo A820
Umi X2,
Faea F1
THL W8
The 15th brand is Apple.
Signs of WhatsApp being Bugged by People
The growth of WhatsApp since its release in 2009, has been so rapid. As a technology user, you must also feel that now many people are using WA for long-distance communication.
As reported by Today in 24, as of January 2021, more than 2 billion people have registered on WhatsApp. With such a large number of users, the US platform has become an easy target for cybercriminals. An example of a case on WhatsApp is in October 2019, do you know GIF images? From the GIF image, it turns out that hackers can take over and steal WA data. Quoting Make Use Of, Awakened security researchers revealed a vulnerability in WhatsApp that allows hackers to control the application using GIF images. This hack works by taking advantage of the way WhatsApp processes images when the user opens the Gallery view to send media files. When this happens, the app parses the GIF to show a preview of the file. GIF files are special because they have many frames encoded. This means that the code can be hidden within the image.
If hackers send malicious GIFs to users, they can compromise the user's entire chat history. Hackers will be able to see who the user has sent the message to and what they said. They can also view files, photos, and videos of users sent via WhatsApp.
I hope that doesn't happen to your mother. However, you still need to be vigilant whether WA has been secretly bugged or not by someone you don't know.
WhatsApp can now be used without a cellphone connected to the internet
WhatsApp multi-device that can be used to access WhatsApp on several devices, can now be enjoyed by users. Interestingly, now WhatsApp does not need to rely on registered phones, aka even if the main cellphone is off or the main cellphone is not connected to the internet, WhatsApp can still be used. As is known, so far WhatsApp must be connected to the user's phone when running desktop and web applications to continue to receive messages. But with this new feature users can send and receive messages even if the phone battery dies. The latest multi-device feature from WhatsApp can now be used on up to four devices. To note, users still need to connect the device with their cellphone first before enjoying this feature. Users need to download the latest version of WhatsApp first. From the Kompas.com experiment on Android phones, the multi-device WhatsApp feature can be enjoyed by updating the WhatsApp application to version 2.21.17.24. Furthermore, after the update, if you want to be able to use the WhatsApp application even if the phone is off or not connected to the internet, the user needs to join the Multi-Device Beta feature first. “Multi-device Beta” Click “Join Beta Version” Next, if you have joined, then the user needs to link the device. on the computer Wait a while until the device is connected Now you can still send messages with WhatsApp even if the main cellphone is turned off or the cellphone is not connected to the internet WhatsApp in its blog description says, later if the cellphone is not used for more than 14 days, the linked device will be disconnected. WhatsApp also says your private messages, media and calls are end-to-end encrypted.