The audio streaming big denies allegations of a safety breach.
Audio streaming big Spotify seems to be experiencing widespread technical points affecting hundreds of consumers worldwide.
As of round 10:45am on the US East Coast (14:45 GMT) on Wednesday, Downdetector confirmed greater than 20,000 outage stories for Spotify worldwide. That’s a lower from earlier at the moment when the outage peaked at greater than 48,000.
Customers mentioned they have been having problem loading each the app and web site, taking part in or listening to songs and utilizing its search operate. However disruptions gave the impression to be on the decline because the day progressed.
Along with loading and playback points, downtime updates from Spotify famous that some customers have been additionally having problem accessing the platform’s assist web site.
“We’re conscious of some points proper now and are checking them out!” Spotify wrote on X on Wednesday morning. The corporate’s assist account, SpotifyCares, later added that “the suitable staff is on it and dealing on a repair.”
Spotify didn’t instantly present extra details about what is perhaps inflicting the outage, however famous in a follow-up submit that “stories of this being a safety hack are false.”
Spotify at present boasts of greater than 675 million customers world wide, together with 263 million subscribers throughout greater than 180 markets.