Google is down; Maps, Search, Gmail, Chrome, and more are affected

Unable to access Google Maps this morning? Not able to get a search result? The problem wasn't you, it was Google. According to DownDetector.com, reports it received from Google users (and aren't we all Google users?) indicated that there was a problem with the company's apps starting this morning. The number of reports submitted to DownDetector soared from 22 at 11:05 am EDT peaking at 877 an hour and 35 minutes later.

37% of the complaints mentioned Google Search as the problem while 54% were complaining about the website. Several complaints pointed out that Google Search and Google Maps were not working while others mentioned having issues with the Google Chrome browser and Gmail. The problems were affecting Google users in New York, Washington D.C., St. Louis, L.A., Dallas, Houston, and San Francisco.

Google Maps, worthy enough to have its own DownDetector tracking, saw the number of complaints rise from 12 at 11:17 am EDT to 12,804 at 12:32 pm EDT. By 4 pm EDT, Google Maps appeared stable. This writer, starting at 1pm EDT, drove round trip from New Paltz N.Y. to Gansevoort N.Y. using Google Maps the entire way; there were no issues.

Officially, Google Maps experienced problems starting at 11:45 am.  A Google Maps spokesman said this morning, "We’re seeing reports of difficulties accessing some Google Maps and Google Maps Platform services. Our team is investigating and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible."

If you're still having issues with some of Google's apps, let us know by dropping a comment in the box below. Or, if the outage resulted in a problem for you this morning, get it off your chest by talking about it in the comments section. Otherwise, it appears that the problemn has been fixed and we can return to our normal programming.