Google apologises for Gmail, Maps global outages

Users in several countries including India reported problems in attaching or accessing attachments, as well as accessing and saving draft emails and sending emails.

Google services like Gmail, Maps and Drive were affected by the outage. (Shutterstock)

Google on Wednesday apologised after users around the world faced problems with accessing Gmail and other services.

Users in several countries including India reported problems in attaching or accessing attachments, as well as accessing and saving draft emails and sending emails.

Google acknowledged the issue and said it was investigating reports.

"We will provide more information shortly. The affected users are able to access Gmail, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behaviour," the company posted on its service website.

Google reported that the issue has now been resolved.

"We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support," Google said in a statement on their service website.

Many users in Australia, the US, Europe and Asia reported outages with Gmail, Google Maps and Google Drive, The Guardian reported.