Apple Pay is down for thousands of users across the US, with many reporting they are unable to connect to wallet services.
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Another added, “Can finally get past the pinwheel to send, then it times out after I do the face scan to send. Error message saying it’s not available. Must be a thing, I did all the sign outs, toggle the apple pay/cash, all of it. Still not working.”
A third person reported, “Someone sent me money but it’s not showing up in my Apple Wallet.”
Another wrote, “Can’t transfer funds to anybody says unavailable.”
A user wrote, “Apple Pay is down and I need y’all to get that fixed expeditiously! On a Friday is crazy.”
Another reported, “I got money on my apple pay & ts keep declining in the store. & when i try to transfer it, it says unable to connect.”
A third user wrote, “Why is Apple Pay down rn???? fix it pleaseeeeeeeee.”
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According to Downdetector, outage reports began around 5 p.m. Friday. Users have reported issues with Apple Cash transfers, including difficulties sending payments to others.
Some users said they encountered two error messages: “Unable to connect to wallet services” and “User cannot receive payments sent with Apple Cash at this time.”
Apple has not yet issued a statement on the reported outage.
One user complained, “Sent Apple cash, money deducted from my account however receiver never recd it.”
