Many users WhatsApp They report that the well-known messaging service owned by Meta (formerly Facebook’s parent company) has shut down and that they cannot receive or send messages (in the sense of reaching their recipient). Apparently the service drop occurred between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. Mainland Spain and Balearic Islands time zone and the data displayed by Downdetector confirms this scenario.

Smartphones have become an indispensable part of our lives and not only that, but the vast majority of users cannot imagine them without WhatsApp., the great dominator of instant messaging worldwide for many years. The problem here is not just the typical groups of friends that share banal messages and pictures, but also that many companies depend on WhatsApp to function normally with customers and/or coordinate work, all without having an equally powerful application for desktop. like Telegram Desktop.

WhatsApp crash in Downdetector.

Both Downdetector’s Disqus thread and Twitter are filling up with comments from users complaining that WhatsApp isn’t working and that they can’t use the app normally and remain in a constant state of trying to connect. This behavior is typical when this type of thing happens and it is not the first thing that has happened to WhatsApp and it has also happened to Telegram from time to time.

We will monitor if Meta or WhatsApp releases official information about this incident and will update the information. Zuckerberg’s company only said they were “investigating” the case. And patience… You can use other messaging apps just because there is life outside WhatsApp.