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WhatsApp experienced worldwide outage because of major updates

The world most beloved text messaging application WhatsApp was down Wednesday, 05. 2017 for few hours making it impossible for use worldwide.

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May 4, 2017

Magdalena Gjoshevska

WhatsApp experienced worldwide outage because of major updates

The world’s most beloved text messaging application WhatsApp was down on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 for a few hours, making it impossible for use worldwide.

In a statement to Reuters, officials from the company declared: ”Earlier today, WhatsApp users in all parts of the world were unable to access it for a few hours. We have now fixed the issue and apologize for the inconvenience.”

The service of WhatsApp went down in parts of the US, Canada, India, Brazil, and Europe, affecting users on Google Android devices, as well as those on iOS and Microsoft mobile operating systems.

Currently, the app is being used by around 1.2 billion people from all around the world, and represents a key tool for communication and commerce for a lot of users. It is especially popular and a convenient way of exchanging text messages and calls between different countries because it’s free and easy to use.

With 1.2 billion users worldwide, WhatsApp is one of the top rated messaging apps. (Source)

It is speculated that this outage came because WhatsApp is currently working on a major update that will soon be available to all its users. The company is said to be testing a new feature that will enable people to pin conversations at the top of the menu inside the app.

A lot of the app users expressed their frustration on Twitter, commenting that these kinds of outages are happening more and more recently.

There was also another major blackout of WhatsApp on New Year’s Eve, with users worldwide reporting downtime.

The social media giant Facebook bought WhatsApp back in 2014 for $19 billion.

Magdalena Gjoshevska

With an international experience in research and analysis, Magdalena joins the team of Born2Invest as the new in-house head of product research and financial analysis as well as a contributor to the website. She obtained her bachelor degree in Business and Economics in her hometown Skopje-Macedonia, and a master degree in Electronic Business Management. As a talented and dedicated student, Magdalena had the opportunity to work abroad in the USA and Mexico complementing her curriculum with valuable skills and know-how, while being part of some prestigious companies in her professional career. With her love for reading and writing, she is one creative individual with a strong opinion on current developments and trending topics from business and financial point of view.