Xbox Live appears to be down right now in parts of the UK and US

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What you need to know

  • Xbox Live appears to be down in the UK and parts of the United States.
  • People in these areas have reported problems with playing games to Down Detector.
  • Microsoft has yet to acknowledge the issue.

Players have reported getting kicked out of matches in Call of Duty, Sea of Thieves, Rainbow Six Siege, and more. It's unclear what other areas of Xbox Live are affected at this time other than multiplayer services.

If you'd like to try and troubleshoot the problem yourself, there are a few steps you can take. It also might sort itself out on its own shortly if this was a brief hiccup.

  1. Press the Xbox button to open the guide menu.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Select All Settings.
  4. Select Network.
  5. Select the Network settings tile. Further Xbox Live status information can be found on-screen.
  6. Select Test network connection, located on the right-hand side of the screen.
  7. Once this is done, your Xbox One will provide further details on your current connection setup. For even further assistance, head over to Microsoft's official Xbox Support portal.

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Jennifer Locke
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Jennifer Locke is a Former Contributor for Windows Central, having played video games nearly her entire life, and is very happy Xbox is growing a stronger first-party portfolio. You can find her obsessing over Star Wars and other geeky things on Twitter @JenLocke95.