Today everything is online, right? Chatting, work, shopping… everything! But think if you are talking to someone about something important and suddenly WhatsApp shuts down, how would you feel? This is what happened last night when WhatsApp went down and people got worried.
Is WhatsApp down?
Yesterday night, on Friday 28 February 2025, from 9 pm onwards, WhatsApp stopped working for many users. Many people complained that their messages were not being delivered. This problem was not only in India, but in many parts of the world.
Report on Down Detector
There is a website called Down Detector, which tells which app or website is down. By 9 pm, this website had received more than 4400 reports that WhatsApp is not working. These reports come only when people face the same problem and complain.
People’s reaction on social media
As soon as WhatsApp went down, people immediately came to social media. #Whatsappdown started trending on Twitter (X). Many people shared funny memes and asked their friends, “Bhai, is your WhatsApp working?”
A user wrote:
“Stop toggling your Airplane mode on/off. Stop refreshing your WhatsApp. It’s not your network, WhatsApp is down.”
Another wrote:
“BREAKING: WhatsApp is down. X is up.”
#BREAKING: WhatsApp is down. 𝕏 is up. 🫡 pic.twitter.com/sHvfrhOSeC
— Lucifer (@krishnakamal077) February 28, 2025
Did WhatsApp say anything?
So far there has been no official statement from WhatsApp as to why this outage happened. But such outages have happened before and most of the time it happens due to technical problems.
This did not happen only with WhatsApp
A day ago Slack App also went down. This is a workplace communication app in which people discuss office work. Even during the Slack outage, many people were having trouble sending and receiving messages.
What to do at such a time?
If your WhatsApp goes down, first of all do these things:
- Check the network: Turn off Wi-Fi and data and turn it on again.
- Check on Down Detector Website: This website will tell you whether the problem is in your phone or the app is down.
- Check on social media: Go to Twitter or X and search #whatsappdown.
- Be patient: Such problems get solved automatically in some time.
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Conclusion
So friends, WhatsApp going down is not a new thing. This happens sometimes in big apps. The most important thing is that instead of getting worried at such times, give some time and keep checking for updates on social media. Until WhatsApp comes back, you can talk to your friends by calling or SMS. Before knowing this, a question: How much trouble do you face when WhatsApp is down? Do tell us in the comments!
