Was your Apple Pay down? iOS users hit with five-hour-long outage

by · Mail Online

Apple is having a nightmare before Christmas as several of its services were hit with an outage just days after it announced a halt on smartwatch sales.

The tech giant's system status dashboard showed Apple Card, Cash and Pay & Wallet were down for about five hours on Wednesday.

Data shows an estimated 507 million Apple Pay users worldwide and over six million cardholders in the US.

The issues meant millions of people cannot purchase last minute gifts ahead of the holiday.

Apple is having a nightmare before Christmas as several of its services have been hit with an outage just days after it announced a halt on smartwatch sales

The outage appeared to strike at 6:15am ET, impacting 'some users,' Apple's status pages shared.

It is unclear what caused the outage, but Apple shared: 'We are investigating this issue.'

The status page showed the services were available around 10:45am ET. 

Apple Card is the tech giant's credit card issued by Goldman Sachs and designed to be used with Apple Pay. 

Currently, the card is only available in the US and is owned by at least six million Americans. 

The tech giant's system status dashboard showed Apple Card, Cash and Pay & Wallet were down for about five hours on Wednesday 

Apple Cash rolled out with iOS 11 in 2017, allowing iPhone users to send money to others - similar to Venmo.

However, Apple Pay has become one of the most popular digital wallets in the world.

The feature lets users tap payment machines and use stored cards. 

In 2022, 18.1 percent of US shoppers used Apple Pay, and projections indicate that by 2026, 23.3 percent of Americans will use the service.