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WhatsApp outage: Millions of users are unable to access WhatsApp or WhatsApp Web

Many people use WhatsApp, a well-known messaging app owned by Meta, to send quick texts. However, there may be a problem at the moment

According to reports from indianexpress.com, WhatsApp users in India are currently unable to send and receive messages.

Whatsapp is still down in Kenya, making it impossible for users to send or receive messages.

Topnews.co.ke can attest that both private and group conversations are affected by the outage. WhatsApp groups seem to be now unable to communicate, but individual chats also appear to be significantly impacted.

The outage monitoring service DownDetector reveals that thousands of customers are experiencing problems with WhatsApp. According to the website’s heat map, affected areas include big cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kenya, etc.

We can confirm that WhatsApp Web’s web client is no longer connecting, and it looks that this outage is also affecting WhatsApp Web. An error message similar to the one below will be displayed to anyone attempting to use WhatsApp Web.