Air BnB App

[Andrew-And-Linda0]

Hi All

The issue with the App requiring later updates on iPhones that no longer support IOS updates has not gone away. Our I phone 7 which is perfectly good won't support IOS 16.0 or later so no App, and we are not buying a new phone just for that!! 

[Joan2709]

@Andrew-And-Linda0 

Unfortunately, this is the way tech works these days; planned obsolescence. You could upgrade to to a used, "newer" phone that supports iOS 16.0 and higher (no need to buy a very expensive, latest model phone), or switch to just using a desktop computer only. Unfortunately, most don't carry a laptop around with them and rely on their phones for access to Airbnb via the App.

[Zheng49]

If you start google chrome on your iPhone 7, you should be able to go over to airbnb.ca and log in, and should be able to see the top 3 messages at least. 

I have similar issues with an iphone 8 which is still on ios 14.5.1 by choice. 

[Andrew-And-Linda0]

Thanks guys for the responses.  I think that Air BnB needs to have a moment of reflection. Every time they create a (mostly unnecessary) new version of the App, they need to ask “how many members will we be alienating by doing this?”. 
None of course if we all use the web - but that goes against the direction of travel and is less convenient - but no one can convince me that they aren’t able to keep older supported versions going. After all, these are smart people - who simply lack a rear view mirror. 

[Paula]

Hello @Andrew-And-Linda0 , thank you so much for sharing this in our community!

I’m sharing the 👉 official feedback form here so you can also share it directly with Airbnb.

I hope this helps!