Zoom Outage Impacts Tens of Thousands, Affects Virtual Meetings and Phone Calls in China

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Published Apr 16, 2025, 07:59 PM

Zoom, a widely used video conferencing platform, experienced a significant outage on Wednesday, impacting tens of thousands of users across the United States. The service disruption began around noon and affected users' ability to access virtual meetings, as reported by the outage tracking site Down Detector. The issue was confirmed by Zoom, which stated on its status page that it was investigating domain name resolution problems affecting multiple services. Additionally, Zoom reported ongoing issues with Zoom Phone calls in China and scheduled maintenance for various services, including Zoom Contact Center. This outage comes at a critical time, as Zoom has become an essential tool for businesses and individuals since the onset of the global health crisis.

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KGET 17 News

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Thousands of Zoom users reported issues accessing virtual meetings Wednesday, with the site confirming shortly after noon it was investigating the issue. https://t.co/OXVZO9LQdu

WOOD TV8

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Is Zoom down? Thousands report issues accessing software: https://t.co/oWwvNZr5yy

Bloomberg

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Zoom is experiencing an outage that hit at least tens of thousands of users, hobbling a communication system that’s become an essential business tool since the pandemic era. https://t.co/hR03IRlcEV