That Android app will run on hardware that's many years old though, thanks to th...

Herald_MJ · on April 7, 2014

WhatsApp do maintain a J2ME version, but it's not the same codebase as their Android app.

rsynnott · on April 7, 2014

> That Android app will run on hardware that's many years old though, thanks to those extra dev resources.

Huh? They said they started off with 4.0 support, and then dropped it, moving to 4.1 support. Android 4.0 came out in late 2011, and 4.1 came out in mid 2012. By simply supporting iOS 7, on the other hand, they would be able to support everything back to the iPhone 4, which came out in mid 2010, over a year before Android 4.0.

glasshead969 · on April 7, 2014

WhatsApp can be installed on older devices, they won't get the latest but last updated version of APP which supports iOS version on the device.