Apple says it has resolved the iMessage and FaceTime outage that hit users on Friday morning.
iPhone users across the world reported being unable to send iMessages — the messaging service between iPhones — as well as being unable to use FaceTime, a video chat function on the device.
By 10am (AEST), Apple had acknowledged the outage via its System Status page, and said it had been resolved. For iMessage, the outrage is listed as occurring between 7.49am and 8.35am (local time).
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“Some users were affected — users were unable to use this service,” Apple wrote.
The FaceTime issue was also listed as “resolved”, and noted as having occurred between 7.49am and 8.35am.
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On Friday, iPhone users flooded social media just after 8am to vent their frustrations at the system outage.
iPhone users reported the iMessage taking longer than usual, or not sending at all.
More than 500 Aussies hade reported the problem after 7am, according to Down Detector.
On Friday, Sunrise consumer correspondent Shaun White explained the outage.
“It looks like a delay (on the program),” White said.
“I’ve been able to message people — it has been about 10 minutes, then it randomly works.
“Some messages are going straight through.”
More than eight million Aussies have an iPhone.
The incident was first raised on MacRumours with one user identifying the problem.
“The iMessage service that Apple users to send messages to one another appears to be down for some users, and messages are failing to go out or are taking an extra long time to send,” the user wrote.
A number of users around the world acknowledged the outage in the comments.
“Definitely noticing it here in Brooklyn,” one user wrote.
“I’m in Charlotte right now and my brother and I are both having issues with it,” yet another wrote.
“Down here in Los Angeles,” yet another wrote.
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