Google Meet, the essential video conferencing platform used by millions of professionals and students across India, experienced a mega service disruption today. The downtime led to a rush of complaints across social media and a spike in outage reports on monitoring websites like Downdetector.
The outage comes at a time when remote and hybrid work models remain prevalent across the country, especially during the onset of the winter season and the intense pollution effects, making reliable video conferencing indispensable for corporate operations and educational continuity. Any interruption to a platform as widely utilised as Google Meet can trigger a chain reaction, forcing thousands of scheduled calls and online classes to be postponed or cancelled outright.
Widespread Google disruption confirmed by Downdetector
Downdetector, the online platform that tracks the real-time status of various websites and services, registered a sharp increase in user-submitted outage reports for Google Meet, confirming widespread problems with the service in the country. The issues began spiking around midday, impacting users attempting to join, host, or even initiate video calls. The affected region appears heavily centered on India, though localised reports elsewhere cannot be ruled out.
As of reporting, both Google Meet and Google search services tend to be affected by the outage, with many users still reporting unresponsive sessions.
Google is yet to come out with a public statement on what caused the issue and how many services or businesses have been affected during the outage period.
Netizens react to Google outage in India
The outage created immediate chaos during peak working hours, with numerous users taking to social media platforms to confirm the disruption and express frustration over missed meetings and hampered work schedules. Many users reported being unable to connect to the service or experiencing extreme latency and connection drops if they managed to join a call.
