1 / 6From today, i.e. from January 1, 2021, the support of WhatsApp will be discontinued from some smartphones. So WhatsApp will be shut down in such smartphones from today.2 / 6WhatsApp regularly offers new features and security patches. Due to the hardware and software of the very old smartphone, new features and patches cannot be added to it, so the support in it will be turned off, says WhatsApp.3 / 6Therefore, from January 1, 2021, WhatsApp will not be supported in some older iPhones and Android smartphones.4 / 6According to the company, WhatsApp will not be supported on iPhones running older versions of iOS 9 and smartphones running software older than Android 4.0.3. This rule will come into force from today.5 / 6There are very few people in the world today who are still using smartphones with such an old version of software. So this step of WhatsApp will not hurt the users much.6 / 6If you are also using an old iPhone or an older version of Android smartphone, check out your WhatsApp. If the update is not available. So you have to change the smartphone to use WhatsApp.