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Google Services down – December 14th 2020

Well, it looks like it’s going to be an interested day with Google Services down. Today, December 14th 2020, it appears a number of Google Services including YouTube, some Google Account functions, Google Drive, and “Backup and Sync from Google” aren’t functioning.

Update Dec 14th 2020 6:00AM MST: It appears services have been restored.

I first noticed this thismorning when I logged in to my computer. Backup and Sync from Google was signed out and asking me to sign in. Attempting to sign in presented the following error.

Google Services Down: Backup and Sync from Google Drive

At first I thought there may have been some type of security issue, issue with my firewall, but after some brief investigation (thank you Twitter), I was able to identify it’s a very large interruption.

List of Google Services Down

As of right now, I’m seeing reports that the following services are down:

  • Google Drive
  • Google Gmail
  • YouTube
  • Some account services
  • Backup and Sync from Google

Final Note

While it’s easy to love cloud services, it’s not fun when they go down. I’ll update this post as I get more information.

Stephen Wagner

Stephen Wagner is President of Digitally Accurate Inc., an IT Consulting, IT Services and IT Solutions company. Stephen Wagner is also a VMware vExpert, NVIDIA NGCA Advisor, and HPE Influencer, and also specializes in a number of technologies including Virtualization and VDI.

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