WhatsApp confirms issues have been fixed after more than 40,000 people in the UK reported problems
Facebook also seems to be suffering smaller problems, with more than 200 users reporting an issue with the social network.
WhatsApp has confirmed it is running as usual after more than 40,000 people in the UK reported issues with the messaging service.
As of 9.59 pm, a total of 41,095 outages had been recorded by the website monitoring service, Downdetector.
However, by 10.08 pm the number of issues reported dropped to just over 36,000.
Most of the problems were reported in London, Manchester, and Birmingham.
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However, outages may have been experienced worldwide as the service tweeted from California that it was aware of “some issues” and it was “working to get things running smoothly again”.
“We’ll keep you updated and in the meantime, thanks for your patience,” it added.
Within an hour and a half of the problem being reported, the number of users experiencing a technical fault fell to 2,707, adaeventsnews gathered.
By 10.45pm, WhatsApp confirmed the issue had been resolved, tweeting: “And we’re back. Happy chatting.”
Facebook also seemed to be suffering smaller problems, with more than 200 users reporting an issue with the social network around the same time.
Both are owned by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms.