It’s Not You: Apple Music Outage Confirmed As Users Report Global Issues

InnovationConsumer TechIt’s Not You: Apple Music Outage Confirmed As Users Report Global IssuesByDavid Phelan,Senior Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about lifestyle techFollow AuthorMay 29, 2026, 05:20pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Apple MusicGetty ImagesIf you’re having trouble getting Apple Music to play, that’s down to an outage, confirmed by Apple itself. Here’s what’s known about the situation so far. ForbesApple To Release iOS 26.5.1 iPhone Update In Coming Days, Report SaysBy David PhelanApple’s System Status Dashboard Reflects The BreakAmong all the services with glowing green circles indicating all was well, listed alphabetically from App Store through to Weather, there was one red triangle. “Apple Music — Outage,” the Apple System Status page said.A Disruption Impacting MillionsThe outage began at 11.40 Eastern on Friday, May 29, so at the time of writing, it’s been down for around five hours. The outage has impacted multiple countries, including the U.S., and reaching as far as Australia, Brazil, France, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea and Spain. “The company’s System Status pages for each country describe the issue as an ‘outage,’ rather than the less serious ‘issue’ designation, explaining that ‘some users are affected,’ and that they ‘may be experiencing intermittent issues with this service,’” 9to5Mac reported.The Third Major Outage This SpringIt’s the third outage for the service in two months, at least, and one problem lasted more than a day. There’s no indication that this issue will last that long, not least because reports on Downdetector seem mostly to be trending downwards at the moment, indicating that things may slowly be returning to normal, 9to5Mac went on. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'n...