Whatsapp Extends Blackberry Shutdown By Six Months

Whatsapp has announced a six-month extension for the app on Blackberry as confirmed through an update in the FAQ section of the app.

This is coming on the back of an earlier announcement this year stating that the app would no longer be supported on Blackberry OS and Blackberry 10 handsets by the end of 2016. The update read as follows:

WhatsApp support for mobile devices
As announced in our blog, we will soon be ending support for certain devices. On June 30, 2017, we will no longer support the following platforms:
BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10 Nokia S40 Nokia Symbian S60 The following platforms will no longer be supported at the beginning of 2017:
Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 Windows Phone 7 iPhone 3GS/iOS 6
These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android running OS 2.3+, a Windows Phone 8+, or an iPhone running iOS 7+ before the end of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp.‎