UNITED STATE, October 25 – UPDATE: WhatsApp is now fully operational again after Popular messaging app WhatsApp which owned by Meta, now seems to be having trouble accessing it. For now, it appears that the app, website and even the desktop software of the app are currently inaccessible for messaging and voice calling functions stopped working for many people across the world on Tuesday, with users in Asia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Europe reporting issues sending and receiving texts and videos.
At around 0750 GMT, outage reporting site Downdetector showed over 68,000 users had reported problems with the app in the United Kingdom. Problems were reported by 19,000 people in Singapore and 15,000 people in South Africa, it said. The app has become a critical means of communication for households and businesses. When Whatsapp had an hours-long outage last October, it hit trading of assets from cryptocurrencies to oil, before traders switched to alternative platforms such as Telegram.
