Some users of the Xbox Live service have reported issues with log in access and streaming.

According to Down Detector, users were experiencing problems logging in and streaming a game to their PC.

Reports on Down Detector started at around 7am and have been rising rapidly throughout today.

On user on the site wrote: "anyone else struggling with streaming xbox to pc?"

Another posted: "cant even login in let alone do anything".

On Twitter, one user tagged the account of Xbox Support, writing: "HEADS UP! Players/users are reporting NOT being able to log in to xbox live on pc/console. Multiple players on the official Sea of Thieves discord are reporting this issue and we still can't get a response. I've had this issue for over 10 hours now."

This is an issue that has been affecting people worldwide, not just in the UK, with many people posting pitcures of their screens showing a message that says Xbox Live is unable to connect.

Xbox Support put out a tweet in repsonse to the issues, saying: "Some users may be experiencing issues logging into the Xbox Companion App and the Xbox app for Windows. We are currently investigating and will update here & on our status page as our investigation continues."