Google, Gmail and YouTube all down as services crash worldwide

Google, YouTube and Gmail are all down for millions of people across the globe this lunchtime after servers crashed.

By Darren Burke

Published 14th Dec 2020, 12:13 BST

Updated 14th Dec 2020, 12:26 BST

According to DownDetector, the issues started at around 11:56 GMT, and are affecting users worldwide

All three sites have been displaying error messages to users.

YouTube users say they are unable to access the website while on Gmail users are unable to receive and send messages or even log in to their inbox.

On Gmail, and error message reads: "Oops...the system encountered a problem - retrying."