Ha91 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Google services have gone down across the UK, including Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube. Reports flooded the outage service DownDetector as users frantically tried to access their email accounts, Google documents and videos on YouTube. Google Drive and Google Hangouts are also down. The tech company says it is currently investigating the issue. ‘We’re aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a majority of users,’ the company stated. ‘The affected users are unable to access Gmail. We will provide an update by 12/14/20, 12:12 PM detailing when we expect to resolve the problem’ Meanwhile, Google’s users were quick to vent their frustration. ‘I can’t access anything from Google says error or does not recognise my account. Can’t access youtube, gmail, etc… Not good Google,’ wrote one users on DownDetector. Another commented: ‘Looks like servers are down just like when YouTube was down previously and now its affecting every google apps’ London appears to be the worst-affected area but users in Manchester and over in Dublin are also reporting problems. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/14/youtube-and-google-services-down-for-millions-of-users-13749402/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ Users trying to access YouTube on laptops or phones are also unable to see the website or app. Instead, they’re greeted with a holding page and the caption ‘something went wrong’. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/14/youtube-and-google-services-down-for-millions-of-users-13749402/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ Many irritated users took to Twitter to try and find out why they’ve lost access to their Google accounts. ‘I’ve been logged out of my Google account on my phone and I can’t log back in- it says problem with my account and now I am locked out of all my Google Apps :(,’ wrote one user on Twitter. ‘What can I do to get back in- all my details are correct?’ Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/14/youtube-and-google-services-down-for-millions-of-users-13749402/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ It’s not yet clear how widely the problem has spread, but other areas of Europe also appear to have been affected. ‘We work on isolating and fixing every product issue that we’re aware of,’ Google explains on its Workspace admin page. ‘Some issues might not be listed here. We characterize known Issues as follows: We can consistently reproduce an unexpected behavior. Engineers are actively working towards a fix to correct the behavior. The issue is observed globally and has generated a large number of support cases.’ Metro.co.uk has contacted Google for a comment on the outage. Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/14/youtube-and-google-services-down-for-millions-of-users-13749402/?ito=cbshare Twitter: https://twitter.com/MetroUK | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MetroUK/ Source: https://metro.co.uk/2020/12/14/youtube-and-google-services-down-for-millions-of-users-13749402/ (As of 26 Minutes Ago) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p4psb Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Blame Brexit.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ha91 Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Google Services, Except for Google Search Now Down Globally! https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2020/12/14/major-google-services-including-gmail-youtube-experience-global-outage/ Haha 😛 How about blaming the French and German governments for being shitty at Brexit? 😛 2 minutes ago, p4psb said: Blame Brexit.😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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aum Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs have been hit with a widespread outage. According to the DownDetector the outage, which appears to be affecting Google's business and personal services, starting at around 6:40 AM ET in the case of Gmail. Downdetector also reported over 40,000 outage cases from around the world. YouTube and Gmail seem to have been worst hit globally, causing an uproar on Twitter about how Google services have left them high and dry especially on the first day of the week. Twitter was flooded with complaints about the issues. Google's Workspace Status Dashboard does not yet show an outage, though several users have complained about the outage. Twitter users can't access its basic services, with Gmail and #YouTubeDOWN started to trend. Google is yet to officially acknowledge the issue Google is yet to officially acknowledge the issue, and the status page for its services is reporting that none are experiencing issues. The issue appears to be a worldwide problem and even users in India are reporting a problem. Team YouTube acknowledged the issue and tweeted, "We are aware that many of you are having issues accessing YouTube right now – our team is aware and looking into it. We'll update you here as soon as we have more news." Source Also: Google Hit With Worldwide Outage: Live Business Updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karlston Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Moved from General News and merged into this older topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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