Outage: WhatsApp temporarily down for millions of users

WhatsApp, the popular instant communication app owned by Meta that is used by many for quick texting is reportedly facing an issue.

Millions of WhatsApp users across the globe are currently unable to send or receive messages.

MOUTHPIECE NGR  can confirm that the outage is affecting both personal chats as well as group chats. Outage detection website DownDetector confirms that WhatsApp is not working for many users across multiple regions.

This is WhatsApp’s first major outage since the larger Meta outage on October 5, that took down WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook together, affecting millions of users over several hours before the services were back online.