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    The best memes reacting to the global WhatsApp outage

    Lifestyle

    by Olivia Morris
    3 hours ago

    Has your phone been feeling a little quiet over the past hour or so? Well, it might be because WhatsApp is down.
    Users on the globally popular messaging app, owned by Meta, started reporting major issues around 11am GST.
    The technology group confirmed there were some ongoing issues with WhatsApp in a statement to Reuters and said they were “working to restore WhatsApp for everyone as quickly as possible”. However, no timeline was given as to when the issues would be resolved.
    Naturally with any tech outage, many have flocked to other social media platforms, sharing memes and jokes surrounding the outage.
    While we sit back and relax and await our pending WhatsApp messages to come through, take a look at some of our favourite memes.

    People Coming to Twitter to see if WhatsApp is down#WhatsappDown pic.twitter.com/eGi25KiQhU
    — Bella Ciao (Chai) (@punjabiii_munda) October 25, 2022

    everyone’s coming to twitter to see what had happened to whatsapp🤣 #whatsapp pic.twitter.com/0ws29yDehn
    — glyano_nstaa (@glyano_) October 25, 2022

    When your WhatsApp is playing up but you come to Twitter and see that everyone else is having the same problem #WhatsAppDown pic.twitter.com/pMcJm0Zn56
    — Jamie (@GingerPower_) October 25, 2022

    WhatsApp headquarters RN 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/ufHXLB035F
    — 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐚𝐡 ™ (@iamjuddah) October 25, 2022

    Absolutely no one:
    Mark Zuckerberg trying to fix WhatsApp. pic.twitter.com/dmjDNqPSja
    — ADAM👑 (@k_ore_y) October 25, 2022

    Me apologising to my wifi after finding out WhatsApp is down #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/TsbpJStMIa
    — ABSOLUT VODKA (@VodkaTweetz) October 25, 2022

    Feeling relaxed after confirming from Twitter that I’m not alone #WhatsApp pic.twitter.com/aUSiBA44KG
    — Paul Abraham (@Sir_abraham2) October 25, 2022

    Every time other apps are done, people run to Twitter #WhatsApp #whatsappdown pic.twitter.com/wrES9htzk3
    — Olalekan Adeniji (@adenijisp) October 25, 2022

    Hang in there, everyone!
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    WhatsApp is rolling up some big updates – here’s everything you need to know

    Lifestyle

    by Sarah Joseph
    3 hours ago

    WhatsApp is rolling out more features and some of them are pretty major.
    As one of the popular messaging platforms around the globe, security concerns remain of prime importance and the app is continuously enhancing its features to further work on this.
    When the announcement was shared by Mark Zuckerberg, Meta CEO, he said, “We’ll keep building new ways to protect your messages and keep them as private and secure as face-to-face conversations.”
    With over two billion users globally, it’s important to be aware of the latest features introduced.
    Experience a swift group chat exit
    With the numerous group chats increasing over the years, users might want to clear their app of any unused groups. Previously, a notification would be seen for all members of the group, if any user left the chat.
    To reduce this attention, the latest feature allows for only the group admin to be aware of this, while the other members remain unaware of this.
    Limit your online status to some users
    There have been countless occasions when users would have liked to avoid individuals from seeing their online status. With the latest features, the platform allows users to block people on their chat from seeing that they’re online.
    Avoid screenshots for ‘view-once’ messages
    After introducing this long-awaited Snapchat-like feature in 2021, users were able to enjoy disappearing messages, allowing the application to advance its privacy settings with ease.
    Once a photo or video is opened, it automatically disappears from both the phones after being seen. However, receivers could previously take a screenshot of this. To further enhance security, receivers will not be able to take screenshots of photos or videos sent using the view-once feature and this will be implemented in the near future.
    For further details regarding the latest features visit here.
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