From the end of this year WhatsApp stop supporting Android 2.1 (Eclair) and Android 2.2 (Froyo). The company that wants to focus on security.
That makes WhatsApp announced via a blog post. Besides the old Android versions also get BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 7.1 not in the future plans. The main reason is that the company wants to focus on the security of its chat app. Since Android 2.1 and 2.2 but is used by a small group of users and now are severely outdated, WhatsApp stop supporting this. That means you need to run from the end of this year at least Android 2.3 yet to receive updates. For many users, this will not be a problem, since smartphones today often come with Android 5.0 (Lollipop) or later.
However, there are many devices that are running Android 2.1 and 2.2. The distribution figures, which Google monthly releases, shows that 0.1 percent of all Android devices currently on Android 2.2 (Froyo) running. This may seem little, but because of the huge amount of Android users out there, this number should not be underestimated.
Earlier this week it was announced that WhatsApp end-to-end encryption get for telephone and group discussions. This makes WhatsApp and others can not overhear and -watch. In addition, users will receive a notification when they are in a chat session that has not fully used end-to-end encryption. This is possible if one of the participants used an older version of WhatsApp that does not support encryption.
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