YouTube, Gmail, Google Search are now back up after an hour-long outage

(Editor’s note: This article has been updated after Google Drive and YouTube confirmed that they are now up and running.) Several Google services like Gmail, YouTube, Google Search and other apps are currently down for many users in India and they took it to Twitter to report the issues they were facing. Apparently, this outage is not limited to users in India, in fact, users from other countries have also raised their concern on Twitter.

Users reported that the YouTube page shows a monkey that has the caption “Something went wrong”. The Gmail page shows a message that says “Gmail is currently unable to access your Contacts. You may experience issues while this persists.” Google Drive had earlier acknowledged that the Drive was down. After an hour, Google Drive has given a green signal as it tweeted, “We’re all clear folks.” Similarly, YouTube has also announced that users can now access YouTube as it is now running.

Update -- We’re back up and running! You should be able to access YouTube again and enjoy videos as normal https://t.co/NsGBvvaTko

— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) December 14, 2020

We’re all clear folks! Thanks for staying with us.

— Google Workspace (@GoogleWorkspace) December 14, 2020

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We’re all clear folks! Thanks for staying with us.

— Google Workspace (@GoogleWorkspace) December 14, 2020

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Kind reminder that 2020 is not over yet 😂😂😂 #YouTubeDOWN @Google down! pic.twitter.com/FhoRjgzcz8

— Jason (@imjaysn) December 14, 2020

Searching in google for why google is
down*
Google:#GoogleDown #YouTubeDOWN #Google pic.twitter.com/LGqQUrB4Bq

— Akif Arham 🇮🇳 (@AkifArham) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN
the AI @YouTube has become so good it answers my existential question on how i lead my life 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/iuxxsiT8n4

— Nikhil Rasmalla (@NikhilRasmalla) December 14, 2020

#YouTubeDOWN #googledown

Google services are having issues today, so much that #Alexa doesn’t want to get involved pic.twitter.com/4t2uZGpJXX

— Thabang Somo (@somothabang) December 14, 2020

Lol😂#YouTube #googledown #Google #youtubeserverdown #YoutubeDOWNAgain #youtubedown pic.twitter.com/F17SGeB9xA

— Teenskagram (@teenskagram) December 14, 2020

After two minutes without YouTube or Google .
World:#YouTubeDOWN pic.twitter.com/985Q18kwTL

— 𝕾hahzaib ✪ 🇵🇸 (@shahzaibbsays) December 14, 2020