Apple iMessage restored after an hour-long outage

Apple iMessage is back after facing a major downtime in the US. As per online reports, iPhone users were unable to send messages via Apple messaging service late thursday.

Downdetector has also noted disruptions across multiple wireless carriers (Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile), countries, and even continents. According to it, 75% of users complained that they could not send text messages via Apple iMessage. 21% reported facing issues in receiving the text messages.

iMessage issue resolved now: Apple


Although the Apple service status page did not show any indication of the texting problem, it has now been updated saying that the issue has been resolved. “Users were unable to use this service” for iMessage, Apple Messages for Business, FaceTime, and HomeKit, it says. According to it, the iPhone users faced the issue from about 5:39pm ET until 6:35pm ET.

In other news, iPhone users are facing a bug in their photo library that is showing deleted photos from years ago. Apple recently released the iOS 17.5 update for iPhones users, bringing new features and changes. Unfortunately, after installing the update, iPhone users are complaining about photos that they deleted years ago reappearing in their library.

The bug was first highlighted by a Reddit user who said that the latest iOS update has brought back pictures he deleted years ago. The post soon gained attention of other users who also commented about facing the same issue on their Apple devices.