WhatsApp down: Major outage hits messaging services globally

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WhatsApp is currently experiencing a widespread disruption, impacting numerous users globally. Reports indicate that individuals are facing difficulties with sending messages, establishing connections, and utilizing call functionalities on both the mobile application and the web-based platform. Downdetector has registered a surge in user complaints, with a significant portion reporting issues specifically related to message transmission.

WhatsApp services have been affected by a disruption, leaving hundreds of users unable to connect, send messages across both the mobile application and the web-based platform.

Downdetector, a website that monitors the status of online services, registered a substantial increase in user complaints. In India alone, over 900 reports have logged, with more than 90% of these citing issues with sending messages. The remaining reports indicated server connection problems and general app malfunctions.

At the time of this report, some members of The Times of India’s technology team confirmed they were experiencing difficulties sending messages on both the WhatsApp application and WhatsApp Web.

Globally, approximately 1,000 users reported similar issues, with 91% citing message sending problems, 6% reporting app issues, and 3% experiencing problems in receiving messages. Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, has not yet released an official statement to explain the cause of the widespread service disruption.

People started to flood social media platforms are flooded with reports detailing the inability to establish connections and send messages through WhatsApp’s app and web versions.

Everyone rushes to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down!

Is WhatsApp down ?

I have been trying to upload the status but it couldn’t. #WhatsApp #whatsappdown

Cannot send messages to group.. whats app down ?

#whatsappdown

Whatsapp down users now😂😂😂😂

WhatsApp down?

Not able to send messages in ANY GROUP chat.

You guys also facing same problem?

People trying to post on@X regarding Whatsapp down in India be like:

#whatsappdown

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