Google Services Disruption Affects Gmail and YouTube

Alphabet Inc. services are experiencing widespread outages around the world, preventing people from accessing Gmail, YouTube, and other products. Errors range from “something went wrong” on YouTube to “there was an error. Please try again later. That’s all we know ”when we try to log into the company’s mail product. Google products were not charging for users in New York, the UK, and Europe.

Disruptions are not uncommon for any website or provider, and companies such as Google, as well as Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and others experience them routinely due to temporary server failures often caused by errors. humans. But monday cut It stands out for its omnipresence throughout the Alphabet portfolio.

The company’s search product was working properly and third-party ads, Google’s main revenue driver, remained visible in the results, suggesting that advertising was unaffected.

A Google spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The DownDetector website, which collects user-reported errors across websites, mobile networks, and other platforms, was displaying tens of thousands of complaints around 07:00 a.m. in New York, spilling over to Google’s office tools like Drive. and Meet, Google Maps, and Google Smart Home Products like Nest.

The popular mobile game Pokemon Go was also affected, according to DownDetector reports, likely due to Google accounts being required to log into the game.

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