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WhatsApp disruptions reported in India, Meta says working to restore services soon

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New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): WhatsApp, the Meta-owned instant messaging platform was down for several users in India on Tuesday with people unable to send or receive messages on their devices.

Many users in India have reported that they are unable to access WhatsApp messenger on Android or iOS and even WhatsApp web to send messages to their contacts or groups. Several other countries have also reported the issue with WhatsApp, according to trackers.

According to DownDetector, a website that reports on outages and other problems, many users reported issues in using WhatsApp since 3:17 AM EDT (12:30 pm IST)as per the DownDetector tracker

Affected regions based on Downdetector’s heat-map include major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad as well as Nagpur and Lucknow among others.

“We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble sending messages and we’re working to restore

@WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible.” – a Meta Company Spokesperson said.

According to the heat map displayed on the Downdetector website, user-submitted problem reports are concentrated over the past 24 hours.

Mewnwhile, People headed to Twitter to complain and check if others were facing similar issues.

Some of the reactions were hilarious.

Here’s another quirky message.

According to Downdetector, 70 per cent WhatsApp users reported issues in sending messages, while 24 per cent had issues in server connection and 7 per cent said they were facing app issues. (ANI)

This report is auto-generated from ANI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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