iPhone 5s 6 Plus on Older iOS Will Not Able to Use WhatsApp After May 2025 Heres All Details

WhatsApp keeps stopping support for very outdated operating system versions. This list is updated from time to time. Users of devices running older Android and iOS versions may lose their WhatsApp chats. In such a situation, it will be necessary for them to backup their chats. Even though Android 15 or iOS 18 has been released today, there are many users who are running phones running on very old software versions. WhatsApp stops support for these devices. Here we are telling you the list of all those devices for which WhatsApp support is going to be stopped.

First of all, let us tell you that according to WhatsApp, currently WhatsApp service has been stopped on devices running Android 4 or older and iOS 11 or older. Only those devices will get WhatsApp support and updates, which are running on Android 5 or newer and iOS 12 or newer. But a big change is going to happen in May next year.

WhatsApp FAQ page According to, from May 5, 2025, only iOS version 15.1 and above will get WhatsApp support, which directly means that iPhone 5s, iPhone 6 And iPhone 6 Plus Users will not be able to use WhatsApp on their devices from May next year.

To continue using WhatsApp on their iPhone, users will need to update it to version 15.1 or newer. If you also run the above mentioned iPhone models, check for updates by going to Settings > General > Software Update.

WhatsApp says that one of the main reasons for this change is that the new version of iOS includes updated APIs and better technology on which WhatsApp relies to deliver new features.