Millions of users around the world use the same source of information: Google Discover. This application is pre-installed by default on most Android phones sold in Europe and provides access to the latest news from our country, through links to the most important media.
Therefore, when such a service goes down, the consequences are dire. That’s what It started at 2:30 p.m. Spanish Peninsula time. approximately, when Google’s information service completely stopped working; and it was only an hour later that signs of healing appeared.
The problem didn’t just affect Spanish users; In other countries, such as the United States, we also see similar failures. The symptoms are obvious: news does not load in any Google services. When the user opens Discover on their mobile, by swiping to the left, a blank page appears which does not display any type of content.
If this was a problem in Discover, it would be easy to locate the problem in the Android app. However, it doesn’t stop there. Google News, the company’s news service, is also completely down. This includes Google Search, which includes a news tab that does not display any type of link, regardless of the search performed. Additionally, the Chrome browser also had issues and was not displaying news headlines as usual.
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As of yet, Google hasn’t made any public statements about this issue, so its severity isn’t entirely clear; This has forced users to look for alternatives to read the latest news.
Around 3:40 p.m. Spanish time, users began to notice that Google Discover and Google’s news service were working again. However, an hour later, these apps were still having some issues when trying to load new news.
