Google’s Gmail, Maps services suffer brief global outage

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

Google probing Gmail, Maps global outages (AFP Photo)

Several Google users on Wednesday reported problems with accessing Gmail and other services in large parts of the world. The company said it was investigating the problem.

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

In a statement, Google said it was investigating reports of an issue with Gmail.

"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.

 

@gmail Down in Atlanta... any idea when service will be back? pic.twitter.com/eA6IXFsMiv

— Turner Levison (@TurnerLevison) March 13, 2019

 

Gmail down pic.twitter.com/eu8Tb7YKR8

— tukang ketik (@KadaiKopi) March 13, 2019

 

So apparently Gmail is down in several countries around the world. They should just declare an International Non-Working Holiday #GmailDown pic.twitter.com/u9U3yiEd1G

— Mikee Reyes (@mikeeoreyes) March 13, 2019

Unable to send emails, several users received an error message: "Message could not be sent. Check your network and try again".

Google Maps and Drive also experienced issues.