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Kirsten McStay & Shivali Best

Google, Gmail and YouTube down as services crash for users worldwide

Some of the internet's most popular apps and services are experiencing some technical troubles as Google, Gmail and YouTube have all gone down.

According to DownDetector, the issues started at around 11:56 GMT, and are affecting users all over the world.

Google is yet to comment on the issues.

The Daily Record tried to access all three websites and was not able to.

On Gmail, emails are not loading and an error message reads: "Oops...the system encountered a problem - retrying."

And on YouTube, a cartoon image of a monkey appears, simply saying: "Something went wrong..."

Meanwhile, if you try to search using Google's Search Engine, you'll find a 400 error message, reading: "The server cannot process the request because it is malformed. It should not be retried."

Of those who reported issues with YouTube, 54% said they couldn't access the website, 42% couldn't watch videos and 3% were struggling to log-in.

And of those who reported problems with Gmail, 75% couldn't log-in, 15% couldn't access the website, and 8% were not receiving messages.

Several frustrated users have taken to Twitter to ask what's going on.

One user said: "Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube all being down at once is………really not supposed to happen. Something has gone very wrong at Google towers."

Another added: "Is Gmail down for anyone else? Both my personal and work accounts are giving 502s."

And one joked: "Is this what modern day apocalypse looks like?"

Worryingly, the issues also appears to be affecting Nest Security Cameras.

One user tweeted: "Google Nest it's times like this you should offer local storage on Nest Cameras. All security is gone..."

And another added: "I have no control over my smart devices. My home is all nest and google and it's all down. No lights, wifi, cameras, etc. This is not convenient."

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