No WhatsApp On BlackBerry, Nokia By 2017

No WhatsApp On BlackBerry, Nokia By 2017
Facebook owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced that its services would be discontinued on BlackBerry and Nokia devices by 2017.

WhatsApp’s announcement also includes Nokia’s low-end S40 and S60 Symbian platforms, as well as the older Android 2.2 and Windows Phone 7.1 operating systems, the Verge reported.

Based in Mountain View, California, WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook Inc. on February 19, 2014, for approximately $19.3 billion.

As of February 2016, WhatsApp had a user base of up to one billion making it the most globally popular messaging application.