Google Maps down

Mapping services were affected throughout the US, Canada, various parts in Europe, India and Australia.

— JoeyBlack (@JoeyBlack007)March 18, 2022 Google Maps is down. — 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 (@ElevatedNinja)March 18, 2022 — sydney (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧ (@fcknsyd)March 18, 2022 — Jonna (@collins_jonna)March 18, 2022 — Swiggy (@swiggy_in)March 18, 2022 However, the frenzy continued on Twitter, with “Google Maps” trending worldwide. For many users, it was rather surprising as they said they can’t recall when such a widespread outage happened to the mapping services before. Google did not elaborate on the outage or explain what caused it, on the Google Maps platform status dashboard it acknowledged the incident saying services has been impacted. — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24)March 18, 2022 We’ll post updates in this thread. Soon, people from different parts of the globe joined in to conclude that their life depended on the app much more than they thought.

Users had difficulty searching for locations on Google Maps Friday morning, in a widespread outage affecting both the desktop and mobile app versions of the ...

Google hasn’t released total Maps downloads or a user count in 2022. Users had difficulty searching for locations on Google Maps Friday morning, in a widespread outage affecting both the desktop and mobile app versions of the service. “The day I'm supposed to hit three outer burbs in Edmonton for interviews, Google Maps stops working. More than a billion people used Google Maps by 2019 to get their directions every month, according to the company, with 5 billion users using apps which had Google Maps in their tech stack internationally. Further, Maps is unable to pull up data not already saved on a user's device, so when users zoom out from their current location, Google displays a blank map. By the fall of 2021, 10 billion people had downloaded Google Maps on the Google Play store alone.

Google Maps went down in a service outage, so driving, walking, and other directions were not available.

Twitter is filling up with comments about avoiding using what's widely considered an inferior maps app. While Google figures out what's causing the problem, people are turning to Apple Maps as an alternative. Our team is investigating and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible."

According to Down Detector, the issues started at around 15:44 GMT, and are affecting users globally.

Tap 'Location.' You can toggle it off for the entire device. MailOnline tried to access Google Maps on an iPhone and received an error message reading: 'Maps can't reach the internet' Both Google Maps and Apple Maps will still work, but they won't know where you are on the map and won't be able to give you directions. While the route planner tool appears to be working on the Google Maps website, the map itself is not loading Go to Settings Privacy Location Services and from there select Google Maps to make the adjustment. MailOnline tried to access Google Maps on an iPhone and received an error message reading: 'Maps can't reach the internet.' You can also turn Location Services off to the device almost completely from Settings Privacy Location Services. And while the route planner tool appears to be working on the Google Maps website, the map itself is not loading. - MailOnline tried to access Google Maps on an iPhone and received an error message reading: 'Maps can't reach the internet You can turn location off while browsing by going to Settings Privacy Location Services Safari Websites, and turn this to 'Never.' Google is yet to respond to request for comment on the outage. If you use Google Maps, adjust your location setting to 'While Using' the app.