Its New Year’s Eve ! And with over 900 Million users exchanging trillions of messages on New Year, WhatsApp’s servers have probably gone crashing.
For me personally, messages have stopped sending or receiving. And while the former part did resume for a while, it eventually went down completely. And yes, since you can’t access it on phone, WhatsApp Web is of no use. So don’t worry, there is simply no issue with your WiFi or even data packs — its WhatsApp.
Users globally, have been complaining for a while now, according to searches on Facebook and Twitter. Down Detector confirms the problem, while others aren’t registering anything, as again, not all users are affected.
The problem has definitely affected India — but has most severely plagued Europe. US seems to be working pretty normal
WhatsApp isn’t working today for some users. We first spotted the problems at 9:58 a.m. Pacific — we couldn’t send messages at all, and then they started to go through, but were always delayed. The outage seems to be impacting certain regions more than others. At first it appeared the problems were just a blip, but reports of problems continue to flood in.
Complaints about the outage have been ongoing for a few hours now, according to searches on Facebook and Twitter. Sites like Down Detector confirm the problem, while others aren’t registering anything, as again, not all users are affected.
In fact, Down Detector shows just how the outage is hitting certain regions harder than others:
WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform mobile messaging app for smart phones such as the iPhone, Android phones, Windows Mobile or Blackberry. Whatsapp allows users to send and recieve messages, photos, and other information and is considered an alternative to text messages or SMS.
