To be fair to WhatsApp, support is only vanishing for iPhones that first went on sale more than 10 years ago, and which weren’t sold by Apple for the last six years. And note the phrase “Every ...

WhatsApp is about to become easier to log into on the iPhone. That’s thanks to a new feature, already on Android phones, which is being rolled out to Apple phones now.

A WhatsApp support document also notes the iOS 12 requirement. That means the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5c models that Apple released in September 2012 will no longer be able to run WhatsApp.

You can find the still-excellent iPhone 11 for $249, or the previous-generation iPhone SE for $148. Both of these iPhones, and others like them, will be supported by apps like WhatsApp for years ...

A WhatsApp beta is reportedly bringing multi-account switching to the iPhone version of the popular messenger app, a feature that has been available on Android since 2023.