Reports have hit the web today that Apple’s iMessage service is experiencing a widespread outage. The problem seems to be affecting all sorts of different iOS users, even though Apple’s iCloud status page shows no problems. The outage seems to be carrier independent as a number of users have reported problems on both AT&T and Verizon.
Because Apple’s iMessage service doesn’t use a carrier’s SMS protocols to communicate, iPhone users should still be able to send text messages, but it seems that users are having fewer problems when sending iMessages over WiFi rather than cellular data.
Frustrated iOS users have taken to Twitter to express their frustration in the lack of service, while Apple has yet to respond to the outage.
We’ve reached out to Apple for a response and will let you know as soon as updates are available.
Via: TNW
Buster Hein is a freelance writer who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Twitter: @bst3r.
9 responses to “Widespread iMessage Outage Is Currently Affecting iOS users”
Strange thing is that I can iMessage from my Mac to only a couple of users out of my feed of current convos. Why some and not others?
mines working just fine att ipad 3, austin tx
Crapped out here in Canada nova scotia. Sent as regular text though.
my notes on icloud are screwy. missing some notes.
If Apple doesn’t acknowledge a problem, it doesn’t exist.
Mines not working on 4S and iPad 2 GSM.
It is working for me. iPad 2 WiFi
working fine here in mexico
It’s not affecting me! iMessage is great!