HIGHLIGHTS
- Many Google users on Wednesday reported problems with accessing Gmail
- Google Maps and Drive also experienced issues
- Google said it was investigating the problem
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 another unexpected behaviour,” the company posted on its service website.
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.
