BREAKING NEWS: Zoom video calling goes DOWN for millions of users

Multiple injuries as SUV speeds into Wisconsin Xmas parade

Multiple injuries as SUV speeds into Wisconsin Xmas parade.

Zoom Video Calling goes down for millions of users worldwide.

The Zoom Video Conferencing app is off-line, according to the website DownDetector, the issues started at around 08:45 BST, and are affecting millions of users worldwide.

While the reason for the outage remains unclear, of those who reported issues, 60 per cent said they were having issues joining conferences, while 30 per cent were struggling to even start their conference calls.

However, 10 per cent of users said they could not log in at all, no statement has yet been released by the company who has reported record business throughout the pandemic.

This is a breaking news story, please check back later for an update.

Related:

Zoom Meetings is perhaps the world’s most-used web conferencing platform. Launched in 2013, Zoom had 400,000 people sign up within the first month. By the end of its first year of operations, Zoom had amassed 200 million meeting minutes.

But growth really started to surge at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. In April 2020, Zoom announced the milestone of 300 million daily meeting participants.

Today, the software registers over 3.3 trillion annual meeting minutes.


Thank you for taking the time to read this article, please remember to come back and check The Euro Weekly News website for all your up-to-date local and international news stories.

Author badge placeholder
Written by

Ron Howells

Ron actually started his working career as an Ophthalmic Technician- things changed when, during a band rehearsal, his amplifier blew up and he couldn’t get it fixed so he took a course at Birmingham University and ended up doing a degree course. He built up a chain of electronics stores and sold them as a franchise over 35 years ago. After five years touring the world Ron decided to move to Spain with his wife and son, a place they had visited over the years, and only bought the villa they live in because it has a guitar-shaped swimming pool!. Playing the guitar since the age of 7, he can often be seen, (and heard!) at beach bars and clubs along the length of the coast. He has always been interested in the news and constantly thrives to present his articles in an interesting and engaging way.

Comments