WhatsApp down: Sending and receiving messages currently not possible (Update: should work again)

WhatsApp is currently down. This means that no messages can currently be sent or received via the popular messenger. According to current information, the disorder appears to affect some countries in Europe, including Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Article posted at 19:30 pm: It's been a little longer since WhatsApp's last glitch. WhatsApp wasn't even down on New Year's Eve. Now it seems to have hit the service hard again - communication via WhatsApp has been completely idle for a few minutes. We have this on the part TechnikNews Can recreate on both Android and iOS devices.

WhatsApp down: wait and see and drink tea?

When WhatsApp is down, you have to wait again and drink tea. Unfortunately, there is no point in restarting your smartphone. With the current fault in WhatsApp, the servers are not accessible across the board. Sending and receiving messages is therefore not possible. It is not known why this is. In addition, the WhatsApp status account inactive on Twitter for years.

There is currently no way to fix the problem yourself. For some users, restarting the smartphone has helped. In addition, the servers are sometimes back online for a short time. As a little tip: as Alternatives just use messengers like Telegram or the good old SMS.

Update at 19:44 pm: For some it seems to work again, while for other users it still doesn't. I guess that means still to wait.

Update at 19:55 pm: The servers keep failing briefly from time to time. Sometimes the news goes out, a few seconds later it doesn't.

Update at 20:44 pm: For most of them, WhatsApp now seems to be working again - thanks for the hints. If this is not the case yet, you can try restarting the phone, or you can just wait.