Gmail and Google Services is Down: Globally
Not able to send email or attachments in Gmail? If you are encountering this issue, then you are not alone because there are many other people around the globe facing this issue where they are not able to send emails or email attachments using Gmail. And the reason behind it, Gmail and Google services is down.
This is not the first time, actually in the mouth of July there are lots of people around the globe who have been reported that they are not able to login to their Gmail account.
What is the Issue??
The web monitoring firm DownDetector and other social media are reported this morning that Google services such as Gmail, Google Drive, Google Docs, and other Google app facing the outage where the users are not able to send the email through Gmail and facing an issue while uploading the files on Google Drive. Additionally, some of the users also reported that they are getting a connectivity issue while working on Google Docs and Google Meet. The most interesting part is ”#Gmail” is trending on Twitter after this issue which is noticeable.
The above figure shows the spread of Gmail outage; from the figure, you can clearly see most of the parts of the world facing the Gmail issue. According to the report of DownDetector, the outage has emerged around 9:30 am on 20 Aug 2020.
The above figure shows the problem time and the most reported problems. Now, Let’s have look at some user’s reports regarding Gmail outage issues from several social media sites.
What is the Cause of Google Outage?
Google office twitter handle said that they are investigating the problem regarding this issue. But it is unclear till now that what is caused this issue and why users of Gmail facing this issue. Moreover, it is very frustrating for users because they are not able to share their important files and documents.
Also, the platform is very important nowadays, because the whole world doing the work from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, we know that emails are one of the main means of communication at the enterprise level.
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Why Do We Care?
Google Outages affects many small and large scale organizations, as they are unable to access their emails, contacts, calendars & documents of their Google account. The outage not only affects free Gmail users but also G Suite & Google Vault users. However, you can have all-time access to your data, if precaution has taken such as backup of Google data locally.
By taking backup can have a local copy of your Google account data to have access in future Gmail & Google outages. SysTools provide an automated solution that will help you in protecting Gmail, G Suite, and Google vault data from any outage.
Gmail Backup Tool – This tool is for free Gmail users (@gmail.com). It helps taking backup of your entire Gmail data (Emails, Contacts, Calendars & Documents) just in few clicks.
G Suite Backup Tool – If you are using the enterprise Google service and don’t want any huddle in your work due to some outage, then you can try G-Suite Backup Tool. It creates a backup of all G-Suite app data which will you use in an outage situation.
Google Vault Downloader – This is another tool that helps users to download email of Google Vault in different file formats such as PST and MBOX. Also, gives various filter options for user’s convenience.
Conclusion
This is not the first time where Gmail / Google Services is Down, there have been many Google outages before. Hence it is very important to become the smart user so you do not have to worry about any Google and Gmail related issues or outage. Therefore, in the above article, we have discussed some of the great software that will surely help you in any Google service outage situations.
