If your phone is on SOS mode today, there’s a reason why. Get updates on the Verizon outage. In case you’re a Verizon customer, you probably noticed that your phone was on SOS today, August 30, 2025.

Verizon suffered a widespread outage Saturday, mainly in the Northeast U.S. The company blamed a software issue and said engineers were working on fixes. Service restoration began later in the day, ...

A software issue led to thousands of reported Verizon outages across the country Saturday. According to the website Downdetector, reports of Verizon outages began mid-morning Saturday, with spikes ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Verizon's service has been fully restored following a widespread outage on Saturday that left many customers' phones in "SOS mode." "Service for current customers has been fully ...