My Mum, who is definitely not the most tech savvy person in the world has a Windows phone. It was a long struggle for her to get the hang of using it and also, as an Android user I wasn't always the best to advise her as I found it a slightly strange device to use and not as intuitive as Android. Having said that, over time my respect grew for it as it seems to have been very stable without any issues, and battery life, etc on the phone are still good. It also has a pretty decent camera and I'd say was a perfectly decent product in it's time.
Now my Mum has finally got used to it and is a bit of a maestro on it. She does use Whatsapp to communicate with a number of people. It's seems Whatsapp are stopping support for the Windows platform at the end of the year. I told my Mum that that probably means they will no longer issue new updates for it but it would continue to work for the time being. I'm now not so sure. I've been trying to Google it and some are saying Whatsapp will simply not work on a Windows phone next year.
I'm just wondering if we have any other Windows users on here and if anyone is aware of a workaround for the Whatsapp issue?
I'm perfectly aware that it will be necessary to change the phone for something else at some point in the future but it's against my religion to bin a perfectly functional device just because Whatsapp have decided not to support it anymore and I also dread the endless "tech support" sessions if my Mum switched to Android (or Apple - something I know nothing about).
Now my Mum has finally got used to it and is a bit of a maestro on it. She does use Whatsapp to communicate with a number of people. It's seems Whatsapp are stopping support for the Windows platform at the end of the year. I told my Mum that that probably means they will no longer issue new updates for it but it would continue to work for the time being. I'm now not so sure. I've been trying to Google it and some are saying Whatsapp will simply not work on a Windows phone next year.
I'm just wondering if we have any other Windows users on here and if anyone is aware of a workaround for the Whatsapp issue?
I'm perfectly aware that it will be necessary to change the phone for something else at some point in the future but it's against my religion to bin a perfectly functional device just because Whatsapp have decided not to support it anymore and I also dread the endless "tech support" sessions if my Mum switched to Android (or Apple - something I know nothing about).