Google services down in India: Users facing issues with YouTube, Gmail, Drive, and other services

The Google outage has received over 1,500 reports in India, according to Downdetector, an online tool for reporting tech outages.

User reports indicate Google is having problems since 11:22 AM IST. https://t.co/SdqzeCki60 RT if you're also having problems #Googledown

— Down Detector India (@DownDetectorIN) March 23, 2023

Google’s services were down on Thursday morning, affecting YouTube, Drive, Gmail, and the search engine.

The Google outage has received over 1.500 reports in India, according to Downdetector, an online tool for reporting tech outages.

Users took to Twitter to express their dismay about the outage, resorting to memes as is customary.

Colleagues bashing that one person responsible for the internet connection at office..
Once they get to know google servers are down: pic.twitter.com/EnbK3OXy9N

— Bira Ki Ma (@BiraKiMa) March 23, 2023

Google Workspace, Gmail, Google Docs – all seem to be down. Forced break from work. ? pic.twitter.com/pbN2ce562M

— Raymond Rozario (@BasicallyRay) March 23, 2023

Apps and websites from Google’s family, including YouTube, Drive, Gmail, Duo, Meet, Hangouts, Docs, and Sheets, were also reported to be unavailable.

At the time of writing, Gmail had over 2,000 reports, according to Downdetector. Users on Twitter shared screenshots of a 502 error on their Gmail sign in page.

A 502 error usually means the server is unresponsive.

People running to Twitter to confirm the google is down #googledown #Google pic.twitter.com/rTk2uCSYD8

— CA Abhishek Singhania (@TradeNinvesting) March 23, 2023