The entryway to Google’s U.K. workplaces in London.
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Google was quickly down on Tuesday, with users in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Singapore and in other places reporting problems with the online search engine, which is owned by Alphabet.
DownDetector.com validated that the site was “having problems.”
At its peak in the U.S., more than 40,000 individuals reported that Google wasn’t working. The figure rapidly fell, and has actually remained listed below 100 considering that around 2 a.m. ET.
“We’re aware of a software update issue that occurred late this afternoon Pacific Time and briefly affected availability of Google Search and Maps, and we apologize for the inconvenience,” Google stated in a declaration.
“We worked to quickly address the issue and our services are now back online.”
Google was trending on Twitter briefly, with lots of users utilizing the hashtag #Google Down.
Some published screenshots of mistake messages and others joked about attempting to browse on Google to inspect if the online search engine was down.
— CNBC’s Ryan Browne added to this report.
