According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp will stop supporting iOS 10 or iOS 11 on October 24, 2022, and iPhone 5 or iPhone 5C users will not be able to use WhatsApp at that time.
This is also confirmed by an article posted on the WhatsApp Help Center, which mentions that iOS 12 and above is required, and Android users need Android 4.1 and above.
Apple will hold WWDC 2022 in June when iOS 16 will be released, and it is expected to drop support for the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus and the original iPhone SE.
In a recent update, WhatsApp supports reaction messages, allows groups of up to 512 people, and increases the file size limit from 100MB to 2GB.
