Is Instagram down? Users report issues with Facebook and Messenger, too.
If you’re having trouble sending messages on Instagram and Facebook, fret not — you aren’t alone.
Users have been reporting on Down Detector that Instagram, Facebook, and Facebook Messenger were all down for about an hour midday on Wednesday, Feb. 26. For Instagram, the main problem seemed to be messaging; the rest of the app was working like usual.
Meta has not responded to a request for comment from Mashable, but reports that its platforms were down began dwindling about 30 minutes after they peaked, around 1 PM EST.
This story is developing.
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Is Facebook down? Thousands of users report outage
FILE – The Facebook app seen on a black background. (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
Thousands of users reported an outage on Facebook on Wednesday evening, according to Downdetector.
What we know:
As of this report, over 13,000 outages have been reported.
People flocked to other social media platforms such as X to share (and ask) if Facebook was down.
The Facebook mobile app appeared to be working normally. However, for a short time on Wednesday, when attempting to log onto the platform via the website on a desktop, users were met with a message that read: “Sorry, something went wrong.”
What they’re saying:
“We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can,” the rest of the message read.
Screen grab of an error message on Feb. 26, 2025.
FOX TV Stations has reached out to Meta for comment.
The Source: Information for this article was gathered from Downdetector and attempting to log on to the Facebook website on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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MANILA — Facebook’s desktop website became inaccessible for many users on Feb. 27, Thursday morning.
Users logging on to Facebook’s website were met with a message saying: “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on getting this fixed as soon as we can.”
Outage reporting website downdetector.com.ph also showed a spike in the number of reports that users were unable to access facebook.com. Outage reports began rising around 9:50 a.m. and hit over 3,000 reports by 10:25 a.m.
The outage reports were coming from all over the Philippines, from Baguio, Metro Manila, all the way to Cebu and Davao.
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The mobile app of the social media giant however appears unaffected.
ABS-CBN News is still trying to get a statement from Facebook as of this posting.
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NEW YORK — Online retail behemoth Amazon on Wednesday announced a new version of its Alexa voice assistant that is powered by generative artificial intelligence, giving the device more human-like qualities.
“I’m not just an assistant. I’m your new best friend in the digital world,” Alexa Plus told the audience at a New York launch event.
The upgrade comes amid fierce competition in the AI assistant market.
Microsoft now offers an audio version of Copilot, Google has launched its Gemini AI, and Apple continues working to enhance Siri with generative AI capabilities.
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Though the market leaders, Alexa and Siri have been struggling to deliver more intuitive interactions and the companies have long promised increased performance with the use of generative AI.
The rollout comes as tech giants including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Meta, OpenAI and Elon Musk’s xAI are investing billions in AI development despite uncertain returns.
The tech juggernauts are trying to expand the everyday use of AI, and Amazon can count on a base of over 600 million installed devices already equipped with its 10-year-old service.
Panos Panay, senior vice president of devices and services at Amazon, said that Alexa Plus opens a new age for voice devices.
“Until this moment… we have been limited by technology,” Panay, a former Microsoft executive, said at the event.
For now Alexa is mostly used for relatively simple tasks, such as playing music, giving the weather forecast or turning on the lights in a room.
Alexa Plus’s capabilities are closer to that of a virtual agent, capable of performing actions on command.
This launch is “taking AI to the masses,” said analyst Paolo Pescatore of PP Foresight, adding that there was “a lot riding on this revamp.”
“The biggest question is whether users are ready, given their early experiences and concerns around security and trust. These factors still remain huge barriers to wider adoption,” he added.
Demonstrations at the event showed Alexa Plus performing tasks like booking concert tickets, sending text messages, planning trips, updating shared calendars, and even analyzing security camera footage to determine if someone had walked the dog.
Benefiting from the new functionalities of generative AI, Alexa Plus can create, at a child’s request, a made up story with the characters of his or her choice, or produce a song in tribute to a pet.
In one showcase, the assistant composed and performed a song about a cat using Suno, a music generation service currently facing lawsuits from major music labels.
The new offering includes access through Alexa.com and a dedicated phone app, allowing users to upload documents for feedback similar to ChatGPT or Google’s Gemini.
Alexa Plus will launch in the United States in April for $19.99 monthly, with free access for Amazon Prime subscribers.
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