WhatsApp is the most used chat service in Germany. In 2023, around 74 percent of those surveyed in Germany regularly accessed the Facebook Group's MessengerStatesmanwrites.
Anyone who owns one of these three iPhone models can do so from May 5, 2025no longer access WhatsApp:
- iPhone 5S
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 6 Plus
If you want to continue using the messenger service without restrictions, you must act by then.
WhatsApp: “Users of older iOS versions informed”
Like the websitewabetainfo.comwrites, the service is currently informing all users of an iPhone with a version older than iOS 15.1, in this case the models mentioned above that have only received the update to version iOS 12.5.7.
Anyone who would like to continue to use the Meta app (on an iPhone) in the future, will inevitably have to switch to a new iPhone or Android smartphone.
Chats can now also be transferred from an iPhone to an Android phone, which was not the case a few years ago. So you don't necessarily have to switch to a new iPhone to take WhatsApp and your chat history with you.
Transfer WhatsApp chats
Would you like to transfer from an iPhone to an Android phone?Switch and transfer your WhatsApp chats, there is a detailed oneInstructionsfrom Google.
Switch to a new iPhone, you can also find a detailed one on WhatsAppInstructionsto take all your data with you to the new phone.
However, these steps should be completed before May 5, 2025. We cannot currently say with certainty whether you will still have access to your data, more precisely your WhatsApp account, after the deadline in order to create a backup. However, we do not assume so.
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Are you affected by the change on WhatsApp? Are you planning to switch to a new device or are you taking this opportunity to say goodbye to your messenger? Will you be switching to another platform like Threema, Telegram or Signal (if the device is supported)? Write it in the comments below!
