WhatsApp ‘down’ as users report mysterious outage
WHATSAPP users have been left unable to send messages after an apparent outage.
The Down Detector site experienced a spike in reports just after 8am UK time on Tuesday.
It’s not clear how widespread the issue is just yet, but WhatsApp did start to trend on Twitter, suggesting it could be quite substantial.
Affected users say the app simply shows “Connecting…” at the top.
And any attempt to send a message doesn’t go through.
It shows either one tick or a clock icon, rather than the two ticks which mean a message has successfully been sent.
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WhatsApp owner Meta has also not explained what’s happened.
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