31st of December Will Mark the End of Whatsapp Services on Symbian Devices
BENGALURU: Facebook-owned messenger application WhatsApp has announced its final date for withdrawal of its services on Symbian phones. ‘All About Symbian’ website reports that the app will effectively stop working on the Symbian devices after 31st December this year.
The announcement was made in February, specifying that it would no longer be supporting Nokia devices running Symbian S40 and S60 operating systems, devices based on Android 2.1 and 2.2, Windows Phone 7 and BlackBerry devices. Mentioning the reason for ending support, WhatsApp's official blog stated that the device’s platforms fail to meet the essential standards required to expand the app's upcoming updates in the future.
Reports further suggest that the company is currently working on GIF support. The Next Web website’s reports highlighted a recent tweet from @WABetaInfo, a Twitter account that features information on all the latest WhatsApp beta updates. The tweet divulges about WhatsApp’s latest iOS beta version 2.16.7.1 which supports the feature of autoplay GIFs. The report also suggested that the users will have the facility of attaching GIFs directly on their chats.
Additionally, WhatsApp recently announced that the app will also be available on PCs operating on Windows 8 and above, and the Macs running OS X 10.9 and above. Similar to the 'WhatsApp Web', the desktop version of WhatsApp will be effectively synced with the one on a user's smartphone. It can run swiftly on desktops and also includes full support for the native desktop notifications, keyboard shortcuts, and many more.
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