Discontinuing support on older operating systems is nothing new. WhatsApp and many other companies update system requirements about once a year. The reason is that these aging operating systems no longer get regular security updates. The last update for Android 4. It only represents a very small section of Android users 0.
Even still, Android 4. So WhatsApp continues to run on Android versions as old as eight years. For iOS, WhatsApp is a bit more stringent, supporting nothing older than iOS 10, which was last patched two years ago.
Affected devices range from Samsung to Huawei. The easiest way to tell if the change will affect your phone is to look in the settings to see which version of Android it uses. As we said before, this implementation of Android comes along with a long list of new features focused on making the most of our phone's performance and that we can summarize in the following features:. There's not a fixed release date for this version as it will depend on its implementation on behalf of each manufacturer.
What we do know is that from right now you can download the factory images for devices built by Google , such as its Nexus range 5X and 6P and its Pixel range C and XL. Therefore, if you haven't got any of the previous handsets, you're going to have to wait a little bit longer until Samsung, Huawei and the rest of them release Oreo for their Galaxy S7 and S8 or their P9 and P In any case, the update will be carried out OTA and you'll receive a notification on your device whenever it's ready so you don't have to explore the Internet looking for downloadable images.
Well, apart from the phones made by Google that we mentioned above, we expect all Android smartphone from the major manufacturers to eventually receive an updated to Oreo. These are the main brands and models that will receive Android 8 :. Android Tools Other tools Android 8 Oreo The eighth version of the mobile operating system developed by Google for Android smartphones and tablets can now be downloaded thanks to Android 8 Oreo Vote 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 The most recent platform news.
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