Update (6:04 PM IST / 1:34 PM CET): Google services appear to be returning to normal after a global outage of around 40 minutes. However, some users report being signed out of certain Google apps. You may have to sign in again before you can use it again.
Update (5:36 PM IST / 1:06 PM CET): Google search is now active. Other services are not yet available.
Our original report follows.
Yes, not just you – many Google services, including Gmail, G Suite, and YouTube, are currently unavailable in many countries around the world. The cause of the failure is currently unclear. We’ll update this post as we learn more.
That means there are currently more than 2 billion users banned from their email inboxes, cloud storage, documents, and Watch Later playlists. It’s all in line with the end times 2020 theme I think.
The company’s services faced a major outage of this magnitude back in August. It took about four hours to restore them for some users, The Verge reported. Hopefully we won’t have to wait that long this time.
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Published on December 14, 2020 – 11:59 UTC
