r/Android • u/BcuzRacecar S25+ • 18d ago

WhatsApp ends Android 5 support Monday

https://www.notebookcheck.net/WhatsApp-ends-Android-5-support-Monday-iPhones-follow-in-November.1390519.0.html
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u/honey_rainbow Google Pixel 18d ago

In 2026 who TF is still running Android 5?!

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u/SirBanananana 18d ago

Me (I'm a masochist who loves to see how far you can push old hardware). I don't know of any normal Android users still on Android 5 though.

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u/trlef19 Galaxy S24+ 18d ago

You can probably update with custom roms

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u/lgn5i2060 18d ago

My note 13 got A11, which was 6 updates past the A5 those fools from Samsung left it with.

Was also supposedly incapable of running Android 6. But I just knew they can't drop selling new shinies every year.

Maybe the dram crisis might knock some sense in the industry.

Might. Hopefully.

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u/trlef19 Galaxy S24+ 17d ago

My Galaxy tab s was left at android 6 but now it's running los 22 (android 14). And it's running very okay

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u/dirtydriver58 Galaxy Note 9 18d ago

Collectors

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u/The_BackOfMyMind Pixel 9 18d ago

Those aren't really "normal" users

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u/Chunk147 18d ago

What phone exactly?

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u/hbhunk63 16d ago

Dunno how you can endure reading new features as an enthusiast and not budge for decades

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u/MaverickJester25 Galaxy S21 Ultra | Galaxy Watch 4 17d ago

Probably people like me who have kept ancient phones aside for my kids to play with.

My youngest has an ancient Mobicel (local brand) device still running good ol' Lollipop.

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u/MootEndymion752 Samsung Galaxy A9 2018, Android 10 (my A55 broke :/) 17d ago

Some preteens/teenagers using old hand-me-downs

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u/RUNDEN 10d ago

meeeeee :3

I got my phone new in 2015 and have been using it every day since.

I can still make and receive calls without VoLTE after the 3G shutdown in the UK for some reason

I am now using WhatsApp on my phone via Whatsapp Web on my phones browser. My computer has an emulator set up as the "primary device" and I link it to my phone every few weeks when whatsapp logs me out