User level: Level 1 (4 points)Since the iOS update to 27.0.1, WhatsApp keeps crashing on startup.
It runs without issues on my other device on iOS 26. The app is up to date, and I’ve already tried offloading and reinstalling it.
Posted on Oct 3, 2026 1:07 AM
User level: Level 10 (82,568 points)Oct 3, 2026 1:48 AM in response to geg75
You will need to contact Meta for help with their software, this is not an Apple product.
Here are a couple of ways to contact them -
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 3, 2026 1:50 AM in response to geg75
geg75 wrote:
Since the iOS update to 27.0.1,
Not every issue an individual encounters on their device can be attributed to an iOS update. iOS 27 or later may have coincided with what you are experiencing, but that does not mean the issue was triggered by iOS. Coincidence in timing is not, by itself, evidence of causation.
If the update itself were the root cause, then every device running that same version of iOS would exhibit the identical problem. In such a scenario, the forums would be flooded with countless posts reporting the same malfunction, creating an unmistakable wave of complaints that no one could possibly overlook.
The absence of such widespread reports strongly indicates that the issue is not a general, system-wide problem with iOS 27 or later, but rather something specific to the individual device, its configuration, installed apps, settings, hardware, or another interacting factor.
In short: iOS 27 or later may be a coincidence in timing, but there is no basis to conclude that iOS itself triggered the problem simply because the issue appeared after the update.
User level: Level 10 (454,138 points)Oct 3, 2026 1:51 AM in response to geg75
Delete the app. When you do this, you may lose data that was stored in the app. Then re-download the app. Then check whether the problem with ...Read more
If an app on your iPhone or iPad stops responding, closes ...
User level: Level 10 (105,996 points)Oct 24, 2026 12:53 PM in response to geg75
Not surprising with any Meta app and happens quite frequently. As always stay tuned for yet another update by Meta for a bug fix. There have been 16 of them for WhatsApp in just the last month. An update may also introduce another bug that needs to be resolved with another update. Seems to be a never ending cycle for them, and it is actually their users that are the bug testers since it does not appear there is any reliable in-house testing going on before releasing an update.
User level: Level 1 (0 points)Oct 24, 2026 12:34 PM in response to geg75
Me too..very irritating.
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256369518