Subj : Spotify is down: everything we know about the music app's outage
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Wed Apr 19 2023 13:45:03

Spotify is down: everything we know about the music app's outage

Date:
Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:34:26 +0000

Description:
Spotify is down right now, with users from around the world reporting issues 
with the app  here's everything we know.

FULL STORY
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If you're listening to Spotify and have just been confronted with an 'artist 
not found' message or a broken search function, you're not alone  a 
widespread outage has hit the world's most popular music streaming app. 

According to the website Down Detector , the outage hit Spotify at around 
5.40am PT / 12.40pm GMT, with over 18,000 reports of issues in the US and 
almost 8,000 and counting in the UK. 

Across social media sites like Twitter, Spotify users have voiced their 
frustrations of being left without their tunes on long train journeys and 
commutes. Spotify has also now officially acknowledged that there's a problem 
and is "looking into it". 

Here's everything we know so far about the Spotify outage and when it might 
be fixed... (Image credit: Down Detector) 

If you're finding it difficult to play music on Spotify or generally use its 
app, you're not alone  the website Down Detector is seeing a high number of 
reports from users from around the world that the streaming service isn't 
working. 

These reports are continuing to spike around the world, suggesting this isn't 
a just an intermittent glitch. We'll update this liveblog with any official 
news as soon as we hear back from OpenAI. Somethings not quite right, and 
were looking into it. Thanks for your reports! April 19, 2023 See more 

Spotify has now acknowledged that there's an issues with its streaming 
service, and that thousands of users weren't just mis-typing their favorite 
artist into its search. 

Its official Spotify Status account says that "somethings not quite right, 
and were looking into it", but doesn't give a timescale or a potential reason 
for the outage. 

We've dropped Spotify a line to find out more and will report back with any 
news. Until then, it's over to YouTube and finger-drumming...



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/live/spotify-is-down-everything-we-know-about-t
he-music-streamers-outage


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