US EditionIs Google Still Down? What We Know About the Gmail, Workspace and Drive Outage
GLOBAL, JUL 18 – Partial outage disrupts Google Workspace and other major platforms like Zoom and Spotify, affecting millions worldwide due to issues within Google Cloud, reports show.
- Starting at approximately 11:15am ET on July 18, 2025, a partial outage affected several Google platforms such as Gmail, Drive, Gemini, and various Workspace applications across the globe.
- The outage stemmed from a hardware infrastructure failure linked to Google Cloud, causing elevated latency and error rates for workspace users.
- Hundreds of outage reports spiked on DownDetector with over 2,200 reports, affecting additional platforms like Google Meet, Chat, Docs, Analytics, and third-party services relying on Google Cloud.
- Google addressed the problem by redirecting traffic away from the faulty hardware and confirmed that services were promptly restored for everyone impacted.
- The outage disrupted work, communication, and entertainment services simultaneously, causing widespread user frustration and highlighting vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure dependency.
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Google down: Gmail, Drive, and Gemini face outage, Cloud-linked apps also affected
According to Downdetector, thousands of users began experiencing issues at the same time. Around 44% of them reported endless loading screens, 30% were unable to log into Gmail, while 26% couldn’t even run a simple Google search.
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The Irish SunGoogle hit with huge outage as Gmail, Drive & Workspace 'down'
GOOGLE is facing outages as users report delays and errors across a number of services. The service reported that the incident began at 3.10pm and is affecting Gmail, Google Drive, Google Meet and Google Workspace. GettyA number of Google services are experiencing problems[/caption] GettyIt is primarily affecting the Workspace products including Gmail and Google Docs[/caption] According to DownDetector, reports of issues reached a peak at around…
·New York, United States
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