You are probably wondering how you are going to text everyone to wish them ”Happy New Year” Why? Because popular messaging app WhatsApp appears to be down.
DownDetector.co.uk reported a spike in outage reports around 6pm UK time. Down Detector’s outage map shows WhatsApp is mainly down for people in northern Europe, as well as for some users in Spain, India, Malaysia, New York and Brazil.
Some users in East Africa have also reported experiencing the outage.
As usual, users took to social media to confirm with other users if indeed WhatsApp is down.
BREAKING:Whatsapp goes down a few hours to New year. #UpdateKE pic.twitter.com/RGHdE8p7ve
— Update Realty (@UpdateRealty) December 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/MaiguaKenya/status/947548930237173761
https://twitter.com/nyamachefrank/status/947549303379292161
Whatsapp is on a honeymoon tonight Lol @dkbghana
— MaameYaa143 (@MaameYaa143) December 31, 2017
WhatsApp has not made any comment on the outage.
More to follow.