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Google, Gmail, Google Drive causes havoc - UPDATE

By Evan-Lee Courie

20 Aug 2020

[UPDATE]: According to Google, the problem with Gmail has been resolved. Earlier today, Google announced that "the system reliability is a top priority at Google. We are making continuous improvements to make our systems better".

Source: https://www.google.com

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Thousands of people across the world are reporting that they are unable to perform several functions via Google Search, Gmail, and even Google Drive.

According to reports, Gmail issues include the inability to log in, send attachments, or receive messages. As for Google Search, many users are unable to perform searches via the web browser and are also unable to log in.

What's up with the GSuite?
— Mike Sharman (@mikesharman) August 20, 2020

Google has acknowledged the existence of the outage, saying it is investigating the issue.

TechCrunch reports Gmail, Google Drive hit by outage
According to www.engadget.com, Google’s status page states that they are continuing to investigate the issue. It has also been updated to indicate reports of problems with Google Meet, Google Voice and Google Docs, while anecdotal reports show people are having issues uploading to YouTube as well.
Twitter has been flooded with queries as users are unable to work on Gmail. According to zeenews.india.com, this is the second time in two months that Gmail has suffered such a massive outage.