Not usable anymore: The Messenger services Whatsapp and Threema no longer run soon on Smartphones with a mobile Windows operating system. Users the ability, with your Account move.
Berlin (dpa/tmn) – The owners of Windows phones compared to Android and iOS users, a very small minority and will soon have to reckon with further restrictions.
Microsoft has stopped the further development of the operating systems Windows Phone and Windows 10 Mobile. And soon, on these phones, the Whatsapp Messenger and Threema no longer be usable.
Whatsapp has announced that the Messenger will only work until the end of the year 2019 on Windows Smartphones for sure. Threema has brought out with Version 3.0, the latest Update for the mobile Windows.
New to the so-called Safe feature, the users should facilitate a move your Threema ID, contacts, and groups to another System such as Android or iOS. But also, Whatsapp users can switch with your Account, including contacts and groups to these operating systems. The Chat history, so the content of the Chats, however, to transfer to other phone types.
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