WhatsApp down due to technical glitch; Users left frustrated

New Delhi: Instant messaging App, WhatsApp left the millions of users across the globe frustrated after it developed a technical snag for about 20 minutes on Thursday.

People were facing problems in sending and receiving messages over the largest and the most popular online messaging platform.

Problem was majorly reported in countries like India, US, South America and Africa. Users flocked the other social media websites including Twitter and Facebook to report the issue.

WhatsApp, however, tendered an apology to its millions of users for the inconvenience.

In a statement, the company said, "Some people have had trouble accessing WhatsApp for a short period today. We apologise for the inconvenience."

Experiencing difficulties, several users from worldwide took to Twitter to express their problem.

https://twitter.com/PatrickNiemeier/status/859889494551662601

https://twitter.com/samsrivastava31/status/859895711416057857

https://twitter.com/ThakurVisesh/status/859890072765771776

https://twitter.com/theReal_HKM/status/859890052884828160

https://twitter.com/kyink_/status/859889868947718144

https://twitter.com/Inspirations6My/status/859889843563880452

https://twitter.com/saragarnelas/status/859889788928786432

https://twitter.com/StephAllihies/status/859889068020293633

It may be mentioned here that WhatsApp is a Facebook-owned app for messaging.