If you’re running the iOS 18 developer beta, you may have noticed your Android friends aren’t the same green bubbles as they used to be. Carriers have been steadily rolling out RCS support on the backend, and plenty of iPhone-wielding folks have already reported decade-long feuds being solved due to Apple acquiescing…
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Update, 7:50 p.m. ET: AT&T says the issue has now been fixed, telling Gizmodo over email, “We collaborated with the other carrier to find a solution and appreciate our customers patience during this period.” The original article remains below.
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Thursday that she’s opened an investigation into the recent AT&T outage that left customers across the country without service. And if you live in the state of New York, James would like to hear from you.
Wireless customers with AT&T, Cricket Wireless, T-Mobile, and Verizon all reported outages across the country this morning.
Over 70,000 AT&T customers across the United States reported cellular outages on Thursday morning, according to Downdetector. Thousands of AT&T customers reported that their phones displayed “SOS” in the status bar, indicating they had no service but could still make emergency calls.