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Various Google services were paralyzed by a far-reaching disruption on Monday.
Among other things, the video platform YouTube, the e-mail service Gmail and the office software Google Docs did not work for many users at times.
The video conference service Google Meet also failed.
Apps that rely on Google logins also had problems.
More than 16,000 people complained about Google on “allestoerungen.de”.
"Down Detector" has recorded almost 125,000 error messages for YouTube worldwide.
After about three quarters of an hour, the services gradually came to life.
The cause of the failure was initially not known, the extent of which is still unclear.
At first, Google only said that an investigation was ongoing.
The last time there were disruptions were in September
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In the past there have been some - mostly very short-term - disruptions in Google services due to technical problems.
Most recently, the Group's much-used cloud services were affected at the end of September due to a server failure.
A disruption on such a broad front is rather unusual.
The failure quickly showed that many areas and other providers are dependent on Google services.
Apps that rely on Google logins also had problems.
Smart home applications such as security cameras and doorbells from the in-house brand Nest failed.
The work of companies and educational institutions that rely on Google for their office software and conferences was disrupted.