WhatsApp Outage Affects Media Sharing for Users in India

WhatsApp users across India reported a significant service outage on August 10, 2026, specifically affecting the ability to send and receive photos, videos, and documents.

The disruption lasted several hours, with thousands of reports logged on tracking platforms, though text messaging remained largely functional for most users.

Meta has not yet provided a technical explanation for the media-sharing failure, but the service began showing signs of recovery by late afternoon.