WhatsApp down in India, users unable to send and receive messages

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– Many users started facing issues with the WhatsApp mobile app and web at around 12:30 PM.

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– Downdetector points out that 69 per cent of users are facing issues with sending messages.

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WhatsApp appears to be down for several users in India. Many users have raised issues on Twitter,

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while members of the India Today Tech team are also unable to use the messaging app

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At the time of writing this article, most users could open the app but were not able to send messages and media files.

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Naturally, users aren't able to use other services, such as WhatsApp audio and video call.

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outage tracker, Downdetector, many users started facing issues with the WhatsApp mobile app and web at around 12:30 PM today, October 25

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At the time of writing this article, over 2,000 users reported issues with the app on the website.

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Around 9 per cent of users are facing other unknown issues with the smartphone app.

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The exact cause of the WhatsApp outage remains unclear. Other Meta-owned services, such as Instagram and Facebook are working fine in India

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