Apple's iMessage Service Experiences Temporary Downtime and Receives a Quick Fix

Apple's iMessage service faced a temporary downtime on Thursday evening, affecting numerous iPhone users worldwide. The outage resulted in the 'not delivered' flag appearing when attempting to send texts via iMessage, with reports coming in from various wireless carriers, countries, and continents.The Apple services status page initially did not reflect any issues while the problem persisted. However, it has since been updated to indicate a resolved problem where users were temporarily unable to use iMessage, Apple Messages for Business, FaceTime, and HomeKit. The downtime lasted from approximately 5:39 PM ET to 6:35 PM ET.Despite Apple's lack of official response to inquiries regarding the outage, user experiences and social media reports suggest that the service is now back to normal operation. For those who were prompted to switch to alternative messaging platforms like WhatsApp during the downtime, it seems that the issue has been swiftly addressed and resolved.