WhatsApp's parent company Meta acknowledged the outage, but have not released any official statement on the issue.
Communication App, WhatsApp down for many users across the country. (Creative Commons)
WhatsApp, the popular communication app owned by Meta, was briefly down on Tuesday, 25 October, affecting its almost 600 million users in India.
Many users reported issues with sending and receiving messages on the communication platform that is not just used by individuals but businesses as well, and has grown to be an integral part of how Indians communicate with each other at the official and personal levels.
The outage happened around 03.17 EDT, or around 12.47 India time. However, the app was back on track a little after 2 pm.
Many users reported issues with sending and receiving messages on the platform. (Screengrab/downdetector.in)
Outage detection website DownDetector took to Twitter to confirm that many users across the world were unable to use the platform.
The website mentioned the major cities affected by the outage — Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Kolkata — but millions of users in other parts of the country likely faced technical difficulties.
User reports indicate Whatsapp is having problems since 3:17 AM EDT. https://t.co/cvGsWTfsWq RT if you’re also having problems #Whatsappdown
— Downdetector (@downdetector) October 25, 2022
Newswire ANI reported that WhatsApp’s parent company Meta acknowledged the outage and was working to fix the issue.
Thousands of users from all parts of the country are facing difficulties.(Screengrab/downdetector.in)
Meta, however, had not released any official statement at the time of writing this report. WhatsApp was also yet to release any statement explaining the reason for the sudden outage.
Many users took to Twitter to complain and raise issues against the communication app. With this many users also started sharing funny memes and jokes and started trending #whatsappdown on Twitter.
See funny memes and jokes here:
Me after restarting my phone, putting it on airplane mode and uninstalling whatsapp and then coming to Twitter ?#whatsappdown#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/azHsK1tPfb
— JackieAppu (@JACKIEAPPU1) October 25, 2022
How are we going to communicate since Whatsapp is down?
Professor : and that’s where Twitter comes in#WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/NrqBGpPGK7— Jackson Nyakoe (@Jacksonnyakoe) October 25, 2022
Me running to Twitter to confirm if Whatsapp is truly doing. #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/xtsmtJs4oS
— Belberry (@bellerberry) October 25, 2022
People Coming to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down#WhatsappDown pic.twitter.com/eGi25KiQhU
— Bella Ciao (Chai) (@punjabiii_munda) October 25, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg trying to figure out why WhatsApp is down#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/Xm9SoGAyXS
— Sam Chege SC (@_sam_chege) October 25, 2022
Everyone who noticed #whatsapp is down have come to twitter to confirm it.#WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/0GJDDU7mRx
— Heer Sapariya (@HeerSapariya) October 25, 2022
After confirming from Twitter that it’s not just my WhatsApp that is down…#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/mykSa14pY4
— vincy (@Vin77371545) October 25, 2022
Me apologising to my wifi after finding out WhatsApp is down #WhatsApp#whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/3Xmr6yjtPB
— Vikash Fageriya (@vikash_fageriya) October 25, 2022
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