Verizon is down, with many users seeing 'SOS' – here's everything we know about this outage

While Verizon had a good few months, with the last major outage occurring in October 2024, it seems that the popular United States wireless carrier is having some issues. So, if you're on Verizon and seeing 'SOS' in place of network bars, you're not alone.

Countless users have taken to social platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Threads to shout issues, but reported problems with Verizon have spiked on Down Detector to over 46,000.

We've just reached out to Verizon to ask what's going on with its network, but in the meantime, we're spinning up a TechRadar live blog to report on this potential outage as it happens.