As we enter the last month of the year, millions of smartphone users will need to upgrade their mobiles if they want to
continue using WhatsApp .
The world's most popular messaging app has over a billion users - but says that changes in technology mean it has to phase out compatibility with older phones.
"While these mobile devices have been an important part of our story, they don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future," a spokesperson for WhatsApp said .
The company has set a deadline of the end
of 2016 for several older services that will no longer be supported.
Will you be affected by WhatsApp's cutoff? Here's what you need to know
iPhone users
WhatsApp will soon stop working on any iPhone 3GS - which is the second generation handset that was released in 2009.
More importantly, the messaging app will also stop being supported on any device running iOS 6. That means, potentially, any iPhone 4, 4S, or 5 that hasn't been updated to the newest version of the operating system - iOS 10.
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