WhatsApp to Launch on JioPhone, Other KaiOS Devices Soon

Feature phones powered past KaiOS are not too far behind entry-level smartphones in terms of popular app support. Among the noted names in KaiOS app store are Google Maps, Google Assistant, and the recent addition Facebook. And at present, KaiOS phones volition soon exist able to run WhatsApp, notes WABetaInfo.

The publication dedicated to developments related to WhatsApp has found instances in the lawmaking for the latest beta version of the Windows Phone 10 app. It constitute references to a new platform or operating organization that will be continued to WhatsApp servers over the coming months.

KaiOS is a special operating arrangement designed for low-price feature phones such every bit JioPhone and the recently the recently rejuvenated Nokia 8110 which now comes with 4G. It has been adult, partially to compete against Android on feebly powered smartphones but, majorly to tap into the unexplored markets in countries where penetration of mobile phones is low. KaiOS with its share of app single-handedly dismantles competitors similar Symbian and Java which merely have a scattering of takers now.

Reliance Jio, which is amongst the major beneficiaries of KaiOS' app support, recently invested $7 million in the operating system. WhatsApp is 1 of the most widely used messaging apps and its integration in the KaiOS shop could boost the OS' prominence in the affordable telephone segment.

WABetaInfo did not commit to a specific timeline for the launch of WhatsApp on KaiOS. It, however, notes that WhatsApp will be discontinuing support for Symbian S40 – the OS that has powered Nokia's feature phones for over a decade – on December 31st. This development besides gives an clue that Nokia might also upgrade its remaining feature phones to – and innovate new ones with – KaiOS.

Lately, WhatsApp has dropped back up for BlackBerry OS and Windows Phone 8 which makes it clear that the Facebook-owned messenger is not interested in entertaining redundant platforms. At the aforementioned time, the new development suggests that Facebook understands the significance of characteristic phones, which have not yet completely withered abroad.