Is Google Still Down? What We Know About the Gmail, Workspace and Drive Outage
Tobias Schwarz/CNET
Did you having trouble accessing Google services on Friday? You're not the only one. The tech giant was experiencing difficulties, with services including Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet and Google Workspace all affected.
It seems that the troubles began around 8.a.m PT on Friday morning, just as many people in the US were beginning their work day. At this time, Downdetector saw sharp spikes in reports across all Google services. (Disclosure: Downdetector is owned by the same parent company as CNET, Ziff Davis.)
Google acknowledged the incident on the Workspace Status Dashboard page, but declared it closed with 46 minutes.
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