The Blink security camera app is down, but Amazon is working on it

The app for Amazon’s Blink information cameras is experiencing an contented that’s preventing users from accessing their cameras, but your recordings and notifications are not affected, Amazon spokesperson Emma Daniels tells The Verge. Users connected Amazon’s general Blink enactment forum and connected the Blink Cameras subreddit person been reporting issues accessing the app, with galore moving into a vague mistake with a 503 presumption code.

In a thread connected Reddit with much than 150 comments, users from each implicit the US, including California, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, and Washington, are reporting seeing the 503 error. That thread was archetypal posted astatine 4:54PM ET. Amazon’s enactment forum has aggregate threads flagging the 503 error, with threads starting to popular up astir 2 hours ago.

My workfellow Jen Tuohy is besides having problems logging into the Blink app. I don’t ain immoderate Blink cameras, but erstwhile I downloaded the app and tried to marque an account, the app showed maine an mistake connection with a 403 presumption code. (And I’m seemingly not the new idiosyncratic dealing with problems.)

“We’re alert of an contented affecting Blink customers’ quality to usage the Blink app, and are moving diligently connected a fix,” Daniels says. “Customers should proceed to cheque their app for updates.” The Blink SmartHome Alexa accomplishment whitethorn besides beryllium impacted by the issue, according to Daniels.