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WhatsApp later confirmed the outage on Twitter.Īs a result of the outage, competing platforms such as Telegram and iMessage are also on Twitter’s trending topics as users suggest alternatives to WhatsApp – which is one of the most widely used messaging apps in the world. In our tests, we were able to confirm that WhatsApp is indeed facing an outage in its services.Īccording to DownDetector, the first signs of the outage appeared around 1PM PT, and it seems that the outage has also affected Facebook. WhatsApp has quickly become the number one subject on Twitter’s trending topics, as multiple users are complaining that they are unable to send or receive messages. LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) - WhatsApp's nearly six-hour long outage on Monday hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to Russian oil, market players said, although a quick shift to alternative. To recall, WhatsApp faced a major outage in October 2021, along with other apps such as Instagram and Facebook. The WhatsApp updates tracker WABetaInfo also informs users about outages and further updates.

Update: WhatsApp says the issue has now been fixed. Users can check these platforms to see if other people are also experiencing difficulties with WhatsApp. There seems to be a widespread outage that has been preventing users from accessing the platform as of Thursday afternoon. The popular messaging app WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is currently down for multiple users around the world.
