Outage reporting portal Down Detector saw over 4,400 reports of WhatsApp outage at around 9 pm on Friday.
Messaging app WhatsApp was down for thousands of users on Friday evening, with people complaining of undelivered messages. There was no immediate statement from WhatsApp on the outage.
Outage reporting portal Down Detector saw over 4,400 reports of WhatsApp outage at around 9 pm on Friday.
As usual, the WhatsApp outage sent people straight to social media, with many posting memes and to confirm if the message app was actually down. #Whatsappdown trended on X in India shortly after the outage was reported.
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At the peak of the outage, more than 3,000 users reported they couldn’t access the platform, according to the website DownDetector. Some services appeared to be coming back online by mid-morning Wednesday, including group and direct messaging as well as emoticon reactions