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WhatsApp Users Are Reporting Outages Worldwide (metro.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the commence-panic dept.

sombragris writes: WhatsApp, a proprietary instant messaging platform owned by Facebook and used by millions of users, is currently down according to user reports from various parts of the world. There's no official word yet on the cause but I'm among the many affected by the outages. UPDATE 5/3/17: "Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access WhatsApp for a few hours. We have now fixed the issue and apologize for the inconvenience," WhatsApp said in an email late Wednesday afternoon.

3 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I call for a moment of silence by rodrigoandrade · · Score: 3, Insightful

    WhatsApp is valuable to those who live in countries where cell phone carriers charge for SMS text messages.

  2. I use it by chispito · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Whatsapp is a relatively lean and unencumbered messaging app compared to others I've tried, and way more reliable than SMS--even with this apparent outage.

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    1. Re:I use it by Guybrush_T · · Score: 3, Insightful

      +1.

      It works well internationally. Signal is the other alternative. In all cases, such apps are quite needed : MMS picture quality is crap, international texting/MMS costs a lot in many countries .. or sometimes doesn't even work.