Latest Apple TV outage is persisting for some users
Multiple Apple services, including Apple TV, experienced an outage beginning on September 30, 2026. While third-party monitoring tools indicate the service has recovered, Apple's official status page reports that some users are still affected. The company notes that Apple TV may also be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance, which appears unrelated to the initial outage.
- ▪An outage affecting Apple TV, Apple Music, and other services started at 4:43 PM Eastern on September 30, 2026.
- ▪Apple's system status page indicates that Apple TV has not been fully restored and some users remain affected.
- ▪Third-party sites like DownDetector and AppleInsider report that the service is currently working internationally.
- ▪Apple's status page mentions that Apple TV may be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance, which is distinct from the outage.
- ▪The outage occurred during a period of low activity for Apple TV, unlike previous outages that coincided with major content launches.
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News Latest Apple TV outage is persisting for some users William Gallagher 0 e-mail BlueSky Mastodon X Facebook Reddit Thu Oct 01 2026, 05:43 AM EDT · 1 minute read Apple TV is still reporting some problems after an outage - image credit: Apple. Multiple Apple Services went down late afternoon on September 30, 2026, and Apple TV continues to be unavailable for an unknown number of users. Initially the outage hit Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, the App Store and more as well as Apple TV. Compared to when it went down for the launch of "Pluribus," it was a quiet time for there to be problems, but Apple TV is reportedly still having issues. AppleInsider testing shows it working internationally, and DownDetector says there are no longer any problems.
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