WhatsApp Messenger owned by Facebook is a cross-platform mobile messaging app for smartphones such as the iPhone, Android phones, Windows Mobile or Blackberry. Whatsapp allows users to send and receive messages, photos, and other information and is considered an alternative to text messages or SMS.
If you are facing an issue with WhatsApp, do not worry as you are not alone. Many WhatsApp users are also facing an issue with sending & receiving messages.
A quick look at few comments from various people also confirms that WhatsApp is indeed going through some glitch. Have a look at some tweets down below.
@devchoudhary_dc WhatsApp is not working properly sending media as Message Images are not sending. #whatsappdown
An outage tracking website, Down Detector also confirms that WhatsApp is having an outage in several locations. Have a look at the outage map down below.
DownDetector Whatsapp outage map shows the most affected users are from; India, Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brazil.
So far, there is no official response from the company representatives. We certainly hope that the issue will be resolved quickly.
Rest assured, we are keeping a close watch on the current outage & situation. Whenever any update will arrive regarding this issue, we will update the column.
Update 1
The issue has been fixed now. As many users are reporting that they are able to send images and videos now.