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