A MAJOR WhatsApp outage has left users across the globe unable to send or receive text messages on New Years’ Eve. Online reports of the Facebook-owned app being DOWN have SURGED.
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| Fans flocked to social media to complain about the WhatsApp outages across the globe |
No, it's not just you. WhatsApp really is down.
The cross-platform messaging app is believed to have experienced a series of technical difficulties tonight – leaving well-wishers unable to send text messages in time for the New Year.
The world’s most popular messaging app first began to experience problems at around 4:30PM UK time.
Since then, reports of issues across the globe have surged as users flocked to social media to complain about the WhatsApp outages.
WhatsApp was rated the worst app for protecting users’ data, earlier this year.
Independent website DownDetector.uk, which tracks "when services go down or have outages", reported a spike in the number of people complaining about WhatsApp not working properly at around 6:00PM UK time. Most WhatsApp users were complaining about messages not being received.
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| WhatsApp users have been left unable to send and receive messages for New Years’ Eve |
The news comes hours after the BBC website, online radio and iPlayer on-demand service experienced a number of outages.
A spokesperson for WhatsApp told the MailOnline: "Some people have had trouble accessing WhatsApp for a short period today.
"We're working to restore service back to 100% for everyone and we apologise for the inconvenience."
So Whatsapp is down. Gonna have to go back to texting like a savage 😭
— nif (@60ShadesOfCray) December 31, 2015Whatsapp down for anybody else, or just me? It's no where near midnight yet!
— Danny Moore (@dan_moore92) December 31, 2015Thank you whatsapp for going down and providing some relief from groups one cannot exit
— Zarrar Khuhro (@ZarrarKhuhro) December 31, 2015Trust WhatsApp to go down on an important night when everyone is organising plans
— Nairn Milne (@NairnMilne) December 31, 2015
One user posted: “So Whatsapp is down. Gonna have to go back to texting like a savage.”
“Thank you whatsapp for going down and providing some relief from groups one cannot exit,” another added.
One Twitter user joked: “#Whatsapp helping drunk people tonight by taking down its servers #NoRegretfullTexts”
“Trust WhatsApp to go down on an important night when everyone is organising plans,” another social media user jeered.
WhatsApp currently boasts more than 900 million users worldwide.
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