Facebook Messenger DOWN - Chat
According to some iPhone owners tweeting about the issue, the latest Facebook Messenger update on iOS 11 appears to be the culprit.
There is no official statement or comment on the problem.
However, some users have reported that deleting and reinstalling Facebook and Facebook Messenger fixes the issue.
Original Story –
Facebook Messenger is down this morning with thousands of users of the hugely popular chat app currently unable to access the service.
It seems the issues began around 2am this morning with users in Australia appearing hardest hit by the problems.
Down Detector, an independent website that tracks social mentions around certain topics to detect outages across the world, has also seen thousands of reports.
It's currently unclear what is causing the problems but some users have mentioned the app keeps crashing after updating to iOS 11.
One Apple smartphone owner reported, "When I open messenger it goes back to a black screen after a few seconds on my iPhone."
While another added, "Once I’ve opened the app it just automatically closes. I’ve tried updating the iOS on my phone, turning it on/off, and reinstalling messenger and it’s still happening."
Facebook Messenger downDOWN DETECTOR Twitter is also full of users complaining of issues with the app with one tweet saying "What on earth happening to facebook messenger. It keeps crashing."
Another tweet revealed "Anyone else having their @facebook messenger app crashing instantly on iOS 11.0."
It was thought that reinstalling the app fixed the problems but Messenger users are saying this isn't working either.
One users who tried this fix said, "Uninstalling and reinstalling only worked for a few minutes. Back to the problem."
