If you have an Apple smartphone or tablet, and you use the Nintendo Switch Online app, remember to check that you can still continue to use it. The Japanese company has just announced that its application will no longer be supported by several iPhone and iPad older generations.
If you play on Nintendo Switch, then you probably know that Big N’s little hybrid console does not include chat functionality. Users must go through a dedicated mobile application, called “Nintendo Switch Online”, which can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play Store.
Nintendo Switch Online app separates from some iPhones and iPads
The information of the day only concerns devices from the apple brand. As the site informs us 9to5Mac, Nintendo has just announced, via its Japanese Twitter account, that the application will soon no longer support the old iPhone and iPad. Indeed, in a few months, the Nintendo Switch Online app will increase its requirements and will therefore no longer be supported by versions prior to iOS 14. Until now, it still worked with iOS 12.
If Nintendo has not officially communicated a reason for this decision, 9to5Mac reminds us, however, that only 4% of iPhones and iPads put on the market run on versions prior to iOS 14. Concretely, this concerns the iPhone 5s, the iPhone 6, the first generation iPad Air as well as the iPad Mini 3.
Anyway, this update will be deployed during the summer, without further details for the moment. And although they only represent a tiny part of the market, owners of old Apple devices will unfortunately be left out…
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Source : 9to5Mac
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