Google has experienced a major outage today leaving many frustrated users unable to access services including Google search, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets, and YouTube.
Reports started to be reported around 11:45am on Monday 14th December.
According to Downdetector, a website that tracks complaints of website outages, more than 30,000 reports of problems with Google have been reported.
Tools including Google’s Hangouts, its video meeting service and Google Docs were not responsive. Its Chrome search browser was still working. YouTube was also experiencing service outages.
It comes after Microsoft, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all stopped working last week in another international outage.
Gmail is reportedly down in multiple countries. Services were out of action in Europe, the US as well as across parts of Asia.
You can check the status of Google Services using the online Service Status board here: http://www.google.co.uk/appsstatus#hl=en-GB&v=status
UPDATE: 12:38PM 14th December 2020
Reported from Google Service Status Board:
Gmail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change.
UPDATE: 12:47PM 14th December 2020
Reported from Google Service Status Board:
Same update that services are being restored: Gmail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future. Please note this time frame is an estimate and may change.
UPDATE: 12:52PM 14th December 2020
Reported from Google Service Status Board:
The problem with Gmail should be resolved for the vast majority of affected users. We will continue to work towards restoring service for the remaining affected users, but no further updates will be provided on the Google Workspace Status Dashboard. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.
