WASHINGTON — Apple’s messaging app, iMessage, appeared to be down Thursday for some users.
Thousands of reports of outages began pouring in on DownDetector just before 6 p.m. Eastern Time.
People on social media complained of messages not going through or taking a very long time to send, and some reported issues with Apple’s FaceTime video calling app. The outage seemed to affect people across cell carriers. Some users reported a brief outage while others saw prolonged issues.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.