LONDON: People around the world reported problems sending and receiving messages on the popular chat app WhatsApp for over an hour on Tuesday morning. The disruptions which began around 12:30 started easing around 2 pm with some users claiming services has been restored.
According to Downdetector, which tracks outage reports, people started reporting problems around 3 a.m EDT (12:30 pm IST), making this the longest outage WhatsApp has had. Nearly 29,000 reports were flagged by users.
Downdetector’s heatmap showed WhatsApp users in major Indian cities, including Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Kolkata were impacted by the disruption.
A WhatsApp spokesperson had said the company is aware that some people are having trouble sending messages and is working to restore service as quickly as possible.
People took to Twitter to report their problems with Facebook family apps, including posting hilarious memes and GIFs.
When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/pMcJm0Zn56
— Jamie (@GingerPower_) October 25, 2022
“Today online, one tick for both deliver and read messages. Is WhatsApp down? #WhatsApp #whatsappdown,” a user wrote on Twitter.
Everyone running to #Twitter to check on #Whatsapp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/MEm6MpegWQ
— Aarti Patil (@aartipatil92) October 25, 2022
Meta, previously known as Facebook, bought WhatsApp in 2014.
It’s wildly popular especially outside of the US, where many people use it for everyday communication.
Everyone who noticed #whatsapp is down have come to twitter to confirm it.#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/0GJDDU7mRx
— Heer Sapariya (@HeerSapariya) October 25, 2022
Earlier this month, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger went down for millions of users, including in India, as they were unable to send or receive messages on social media platforms.
(With inputs from AP)
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