Google down: Workspace hit with huge outage as users battle to access Gmail, Google Drive and more
The service reported that the incident began at 3.10pm and is affecting Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet and Google Workspace.
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According to DownDetector, reports of issues reached a peak at around 4.30pm today.
Hundreds of users have logged issues with the service.
This is affecting platforms like Google Docs, Google Chat and Google Analytics.
A report from Google says: "Various Workspace services are experiencing elevated latency and error rates."
Users flocked to X to complain about the ongoing issues.
Another said: "Google drive is down? Well my work day is over then."
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