Facebook to drop support for Blackberry


Facebook along with Whatsapp is dropping support for the Blackberry OS as it's retiring it's API for Blackberry by the end of 2016. Along with Blackberry, they will also drop support for Android 2.2, Windows 7.1, Nokia's S40 and Symbian 60. Facebook told that the drop in support is because 99.5% of Facebook sales comes from newer versions of Android, iOS and Windows. 



Senior manager of Blackberry App Ecosystem Lou Gazzola said that the Canada-based firm is disappointed as users love these apps. He also told users to show how you feel by using the hashtag #IloveBB10Apps.



Facebook recommended that to use Facebook and Whatsapp (after 2016) users must switch to a compatible newer device. More than a billion users are on Facebook and 42 billion messages are exchanged daily reported the social networking giant. 


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