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WhatsApp has finally dropped support for smartphones running on an outdated version of Android, months after Google rendered these older handsets obsolete. Earlier this week, the Meta-owned messaging platform discontinued further updates to users with smartphones on Android 4.4, more commonly known as Android KitKat. Based on recent statistics, a small number of users are still running on Android KitKat, and these users will have to update their software or switch to a newer handset in order to continue using the…

One of the sweetest Google OS updates, the Android KitKat 4.4, will no longer be supported by Google Play Services. The message came from the Android Developers Blog, where it was revealed API levels 19 and 20 will not receive APK versions beyond 23.30.99, starting August 2023. This means devices with KitKat will not get the latest version of the Play Store, which will essentially not allow users to update apps, and their devices will slowly be rendered unusable. Android KitKat introduced updates that are still valid…

Happy birthday, Android 4.4! Your present is death. In a short and sweet blog from Google, we got the news that Android 4.4 Kitkat is officially dead. Google is going to kill off support for this version sometime in August. We’re sure that a portion of smartphone users weren’t even born yet when Android 4.4 came out. However, for those of us that remember, this version of Android came out 10 years ago. While it was version 4.4, it was actually the 11th version of the platform, right after Jellybean. It was the last…

Google keeps dropping Android support from Play Store from time to time, especially for the versions that are now much older with a relatively less user base. Starting August, Google is dropping Play Store support from Android 4.4 KitKat.KitKat was launched back in 2013 and that makes it an almost 10 years old operating system. Google has mentioned that not more than 1% of Android smartphones or tablets today are running on Android 4.4 KitKat. And, that’s why it will “no longer support KitKat in future releases of Google…