Overview
- Apple’s System Status page logged outages starting around 2:53–2:55 p.m. ET, shortly after user reports surfaced on DownDetector at about 2:33 p.m. ET.
- Apple Music, Apple TV and Apple TV Channels experienced intermittent issues that included slow loading, broken playback and connection failures.
- Apple characterized the impact as limited to some users, and reports indicated many subscribers could still stream content during the incident.
- Game Center was also affected, going down for roughly 30 minutes and then encountering an additional interruption as other services struggled.
- Status updates showed services returning to normal in the late afternoon, with reports citing restoration around 4:31–5:00 p.m. ET and no cause provided.