{"id":383428,"date":"2026-04-17T01:29:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/383428\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T01:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:29:14","slug":"apple-music-outage-makes-service-unavailable-to-some-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/383428\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Music outage makes service unavailable to some users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Apple-Music-iOS-26-icon.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s System Status page confirms an ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45qdAoX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a> outage that is making the service unavailable or slow for some users. Here are the details.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Music faces ongoing outage<\/p>\n<p>According to Apple\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/support\/systemstatus\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">System Status page<\/a>, an <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45qdAoX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a> outage has been affecting users since 4:59 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>The status page says that \u201csome users are affected,\u201d adding that \u201cthe service may be unavailable or slow for some users.\u201d The company has not provided additional details about the root cause of the outage or how widespread the issue may be.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s disruption follows a separate problem earlier in the day that impacted the iTunes Store, which experienced issues between 7:00 a.m. ET and 2:15 p.m. ET before being resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has not shared an estimated timeline for a fix. We\u2019ll keep an eye on the situation and update this post if the outage is resolved or if Apple provides any new information.<\/p>\n<p>Apple Music requires an active subscription. You can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45qdAoX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">sign up<\/a>\u00a0for $10.99 per month, with 1 month free.<\/p>\n<p>Are you experiencing problems with <a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/45qdAoX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a>? 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