Alphabet's services, including Google Cloud, Gmail, and Google Search, along with Spotify and Amazon Web Services, faced outages affecting tens of thousands of users on Thursday. The outage was reported by Downdetector.com, a website that tracks service disruptions.
According to Downdetector, there were over 13,000 incidents of users experiencing problems with Google Cloud and more than 27,000 reports related to Spotify around 2:26 p.m. Eastern Time. Downdetector collects outage information from various sources to provide real-time updates.
Google and Spotify have not yet issued any official statements regarding the outage. Downdetector's data is based on reports submitted by users, so the actual number of affected individuals may be higher than what is currently reported.
Sources: Global News
Source: Global News
