MUSCAT: Popular messaging app WhatsApp is having trouble functioning. Users cannot see each other’s Last Seen, or any signs of the person being Online. It is observed that these WhatsApp privacy settings have been changed on Friday.
According to the Down Detector, an Independent outage monitor spotted an increase in WhatsApp down reports. Down Detector says, 67 per cent of the users have reported issues with changing the Last Seen setting on their Android smartphone, or an iPhone. Whereas, 26 per cent of the users have complained about connection issuers. 6 per cent of the reports suggest errors with users trying to login to the app.
No updates from Facebook, which owns WhatsApp was available at the time of publishing this story.
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