Google Discover, Google News down for thousands of users globally

In a shocking development, Google Discover and Google News were down for thousands of users globally, according to outage tracking website Downdetector. Users on other social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram also posted about not being able to access the core Google services.

According to Downdetector data, there were 1,232 reports about users having trouble in accessing Google services. 70% of the users stated that they had issues accessing the Google website, while 28% of users had issues with accessing Google Search, and 2% of users had issues with Google Maps.

Netizens spot Google outage:

One user on X, while identifying the issue, wrote, “Any Body Notice Google News and Discover Down.”

Another user by the Thomas Wilkins on Downdetector while stating that they were having trouble in accessing Google search on their phone, wrote, “All websites seem to be working on my phone but google search is down. That google search is dead is kind of odd. Does anyone know what is going on?”

“Google News not loading content – page itself loads though.” a user by the name ‘Danielravennest’ on Downdetector wrote.