Google-related websites and services have been disrupted
for about an hour since Monday morning between 6:55 and 7:52 ET,
including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs .., which
has prevented many people. From watching YouTube videos or sending
e-mail on Gmail, and also accessing the document service, although you
can continue to work on it if the documents are synchronized offline but
you will not be able to use any online features, this interruption that
included a group of Countries around the world Google said that the
problem has been solved for the majority of users, while some remain in
the same situation.
Google's initial evaluation of the matter and the company wrote about it exactly on its cloud support page
: "The
problem plagues our authentication system, which uses login access and
similar functions", and added: "We are aware of a problem in Gmail that
affects The majority of users are unable to access Gmail, and Google is
keen to replace the word "Gmail" every time it publishes an
advertisement naming other services that have been affected.
Many users circulated angry reports after they were
unable to access the basic Google services, which led to the widespread
spread of the hashtag #YouTubeDOWN on the Twitter network, and
DownDetector had later marked Google services in red, which means that
they are not working. The complaints registration service about
unavailable internet services, and it showed that tens of thousands of
people were unable to use Google and its applications, as the number of
complaints registered by the platform reached nearly 100,000 complaints
in a short time, although some users found that YouTube still works if
they Browse it through the incognito window without logging in.
Users also reported that smart home gadgets integrated
with the Google Assistant service were facing problems, and applications
and services that depend on the authority of Google, such as Pokémon
Go, were also disrupted. This interruption also affected smart devices
connected to Google, such as home speakers, which prompted some Users
complain on social media about their inability to turn off some lights
in their homes, and the service interruption has made Google Classroom
temporarily unavailable, the reason why many students around the world
have been prevented from distance learning and accessing their
classrooms.
Google said in
another statement
: “We apologize for the inconvenience and thank everyone for your
patience and continued support.” Electronically, as some believe, but an
internal problem related to the authentication system management fees,
and Google said that it had deactivated the management system during the
investigation, thus ensuring that the failure would not be repeated in
the future.