WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging app with over 2 billion users, appears to be facing an outage, according to users. The outage began about 12.20 AM PT, according to user complaints.
DownDetector and WaBetaInfo, two web services that track the Facebook app, have confirmed the outage. DownDetector shows that users in the U.S. and India are among those most impacted by the outage. India is the largest market of WhatsApp by users.
Meta’s web services status page is yet to acknowledge an outage with WhatsApp. TechCrunch has reached out to WhatsApp for comment.
While Facebook looks into the issue, here are some stories to read while your phone remains silent:
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WhatsApp appears to be facing an outage by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch
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