These days a lot of headlines around Windows
Phone and Windows 10 Mobile get written when a company opts to stop updating
their app and either pulls it from the Windows Store or just leaves it in place
until it stops working.
No matter the reasoning behind it, fans of these
mobile Windows platforms see it as an affront to their favorite
device/ecosystem. The social media giant has announced it is ending
support for devices running some older versions of the apps, including v55 of
the Facebook app and v10 of Messenger on Android.
It also announced it was stopping support for
Facebook for Windows Phone.
If you find you are suddenly unable to run either
app, Facebook suggests updating to the latest version, or migrating to Facebook
Lite, a pared down version of the platform. If your mobile does not
support the latest versions of Facebook, the company recommends going to
Facebook.com through your mobile browser.
Defending its decision to end support for older
versions, Facebook said in a blog: “Our team spends countless hours making it the best
way to message your friends and family. One of the ways we continue to
improve is by consistently introducing rich features, like voice and video
calling, games, and bots for Messenger. Using older versions of apps means that
experiences won’t work well or sometimes not at all.”
The latest changes announced by Facebook over on their Messenger
blog does indeed state they are pulling versions of the Facebook and
Messenger app for Windows Phone and Windows 8/8.1 however, also included in
that announcement is their plans to deprecate older versions of these apps on
Android and iOS.
By the end of this month,
which happens to be this coming Friday, Facebook will cease support for the
followings app versions and operating systems:
- Android
- Facebook for Android v55, released on November 16, 2015, and below.
- Messenger v10, released on August 14, 2014, and below.
- iOS
- Facebook for iPad v26, released on October 10, 2011, and below.
- Messenger v8, released on July 14, 2014, and below.
- Facebook for iOS, released on October 10, 2011, and below.
- Windows
- Facebook for Windows Phone.
- Messenger for Windows Phone 8 and 8.1.
- Facebook for Windows 8 and 8.1 desktop app.
They do provide some
recommendations and links to update to the latest version of the apps for
users:
For people using Android:
- Versions older than 2.3 (Gingerbread) – Facebook.com through your mobile browser
- Version 2.3 (Gingerbread) – Messenger Lite or Facebook Lite where available, or Facebook.com through your mobile browser
- Version 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and above – Update to the latest app version
For people using iOS:
For people using Windows:
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