Apple TV Still Down for Some Users Following Apple Services Outage
Apple TV Still Down for Some Users Following Apple Services OutageThursday October 1, 2026 3:51 am PDT by Tim HardwickApple TV appears to be unavailable for some users, following a recent outage of Apple Services that began on September 30. The original outage took down the App Store, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, and several other services, but those are all now back online. Only Apple TV is still not working for an unknown number of users.
- ▪Apple TV Still Down for Some Users Following Apple Services OutageThursday October 1, 2026 3:51 am PDT by Tim HardwickApple TV appears to be unavailable for some users, following a recent outage of Apple Services that began on September 30.
- ▪The original outage took down the App Store, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, and several other services, but those are all now back online.
- ▪Only Apple TV is still not working for an unknown number of users.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 1 hour. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Latest Apple TV outage is persisting for some users — AppleInsider
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Apple TV Still Down for Some Users Following Apple Services OutageThursday October 1, 2026 3:51 am PDT by Tim HardwickApple TV appears to be unavailable for some users, following a recent outage of Apple Services that began on September 30. The original outage took down the App Store, Apple Fitness+, Apple Music, and several other services, but those are all now back online. Only Apple TV is still not working for an unknown number of users. Apple's System Status page indicates an ongoing issue with Apple TV that started on September 30 at 4:43 p.m. Eastern Time. "Some users are affected," the page says, adding "Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance." We'll update this article when the situation changes.
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