[Updated] WhatsApp down and not working? Users reporting media (images, photos or videos) transfer issues

This story is being continuously updated…. New updates are being added at the bottom…..

Original story (from Jan 19) follows:

Looks like popular online messaging service WhatsApp is currently experiencing issues in some regions around the world. We are seeing a large number of reports from users who say that WhatsApp is currently down or not working for them.

WhatsApp down?
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WhatsApp down right ?
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Some users say the media sharing feature of the Facebook-owned service is down:

Looks like WhatsApp media sharing is down. Reboot my router twice thinking got problem in my internet connection. poor me ! Anyone facing same issue ? Or it is just me !!!

WhatsApp Down? Can’t Sent Photos, GIFs & Voice Messages
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The Down Detector service is also showing an outage of sorts for WhatsApp in some regions like India:

Whatsapp is having issues since 4:41 PM IST. http://downdetector.in/status/whatsapp/ RT if it’s down for you as well #Whatsappdown
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Here’s the live outage map:

There is currently no official word on what’s going on, and how widespread is this outage. Rest assured, we will update the story as soon as we get to know anything newsworthy about this issue.

There are reports that WhatsApp support acknowledged the server glitch saying:

Our server experienced an incident that might have briefly impacted the user experience. This issue has been resolved

Going by reports on microblogging site Twitter, Whatsapp is down as of writing this.

Is it only me or everyone’s whatsapp and down?
#WhatsAppDown #instagramdown
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Whats app is down globally…any idea what’s happening…Source

It appears the service is working again for some. It’s up again at least for us.

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