UPDATE 7/19: Xbox Live services have reportedly been restored.
Original story follows.
Summary
- Xbox Live is experiencing login issues.
- There is no set time for a fix.
- The Xbox community is frustrated on social media over service outages.
Xbox gamers appear to be having issues logging into their Xbox Live accounts as of 6:57 pm EST. Unfortunately, gamers have been running into some problems with Xbox Live services lately, and the community has become frustrated.
Previously, Xbox experienced a major service outage on July 2, in which gamers on Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S were unable to log into their consoles and use online features. It now appears that a similar situation has happened again.
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Recently, Xbox Support reported an outage impacting users. According to a tweet, many users are currently unable to sign into their accounts. Xbox Support said that its teams are aware of the issue and are working on a fix.
Xbox Live is Currently Down for Users
Unfortunately, there is no current time frame for when the issues logging into Xbox Live accounts will be resolved. While outages typically don’t last long, the previous major one on July 2 took hours to be fixed.
Unsurprisingly, many in the Xbox community are unhappy with another service outage for Xbox Live in such a short time. Many responded below the Xbox Support tweet, venting their frustrations with what some considered unreliable service.
Hopefully, the issues surrounding Xbox Live will be resolved soon so that users can get back to using the Xbox services they are accustomed to having access to.
This article will be updated when Xbox Live services have been reported to be fully restored.