Update (6:04 PM IST / 1:34 PM CET): Google services appear to be returning to normal now, after a global outage that lasted approximately 40 minutes. However, some users report having logged out of certain Google applications; you may need to log in again before you can use them again.
Update (5:36 PM IST / 1:06 PM CET): Google Search is now working. Other services are still down.
Our original report follows.
Yes, it’s not just you – many Google services, including Gmail, G Suite, and YouTube, are not available in many countries at the moment. The cause of the outage is currently unclear. We will update this post as we learn more.
That means more than 2 billion users are currently locked out of their email inboxes, cloud storage, documents, and Watch Later playlists. It’s all in keeping with the 2020 end times theme I guess.
The company’s services previously faced a major disruption of this scale in August. It took around four hours to restore them for some users, The Verge reported. Hopefully this time we won’t have to wait that long.
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Posted Dec 14, 2020 – 11:59 UTC
