Gmail down for users in India, Google is working on a fix

• Users in India are reporting not being able to log into their Gmail accounts.
• Downdetector shows that there was a surge in complaints starting at around 4:30 pm today.
• Gmail has acknowledged the problem and is working on a fix but has not issued a statement on why Gmail is down.
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Google’s email client, Gmail, seems to be down for multiple users in India. Downdetector shows that users started to flag off problems at around 4:30 pm and reports continued to flurry in peaking at 5:38 pm.

The live outage map shows that the majority of complaints of being unable to login into Gmail are coming from India.



Gmail has responded to user complaints on Twitter by acknowledging that they are “aware” of the issue and are working on a fix. Google did not respond to requests for comment at the time of writing this story.

Most of the complaints of Gmail being down in India are being reported by users on Airtel’s network.


Some users have reported not being able to log in into other Google services — linked to their Gmail accounts — such as Play Store, YouTube, Google Cloud, Google Meet and Google Drive.


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