Following in the footsteps of Google, which recently shut down Google+, Inbox by Gmail and Facebook is going to retire three of its app on April 30. Facebook is pulling out its family of apps from the Windows Phone platform. After April 30, Facebook will stop supporting Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger applications for Windows Phone, confirmed a Microsoft spokesperson. Facebook also owns WhatsApp, but at the moment, there is no clarity on WhatsApp support being pulled out by the company.
WhatsApp only supports Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile versions and it is yet to say anything about ending support for the windows phone version of its app.
It is unclear how many consumers are still using Windows Phone devices, but the number of unlikely to be significant.
Following in the footsteps of Google, which recently shut down Google+, Inbox by Gmail and Facebook is going to retire three of its app on April 30. Facebook is pulling out its family of apps from the Windows Phone platform. After April 30, Facebook will stop supporting Instagram, Facebook, and Messenger applications for Windows Phone, confirmed a Microsoft spokesperson. Facebook also owns WhatsApp, but at the moment, there is no clarity on WhatsApp support being pulled out by the company.
WhatsApp only supports Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 10 Mobile versions and it is yet to say anything about ending support for the windows phone version of its app.
It is unclear how many consumers are still using Windows Phone devices, but the number of unlikely to be significant.