Are your text messages not sending? You’re not alone.
Thousands of iPhone users across the U.S. experienced problems sending text messages through Apple iMessage on Thursday.
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The issues began around 6:10 p.m. According to Downdetector, multiple cell phone carriers reported problems. AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, iMessage, Facetime, and Apple Support all saw a large spike in outages during this time.
As of 6:30 p.m., it appeared the issues had been resolved, but not before causing panic on social media.
“My iPhone not sending text messages .. is it yall(’s) too?” one X user said.
“Looks like it’s a universal thing with the text messages.” another X user said.
In a reply to an X user, Verison acknowledged the issue and said they were working on the issue.
We are already working on it to resolve this situation.
— Verizon Support (@VerizonSupport) May 16, 2024
Remember that your experience is very important to us, so do not hesitate to ask for help. >Emi
What caused the outage remains unclear. As of 7 p.m., Apple had not released a statement.
News4JAX is working to learn more about the issue and will update this article with new information.