By Anjali Sharma
WASHINGTON – Google Meet users in India on Wednesday expressed concern as the platform plays a critical role in remote work, online classes, virtual events.
Many are now switching to meeting alternatives like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
Thousands of users in India experienced trouble with Google Meet, the popular video called and online meeting platform.
Many reported unable to join meetings through the web version. It has left professionals and students frustrated in the middle of their scheduled sessions.
Social media platforms especially X (formerly Twitter) saw a surge of posts from users who shared their frustrations.
Some reported a “502 error” when trying to access Google Meet. This hints at temporary server problems.
According to Down detector, a popular service that tracks outages, around 79% of complaints were related to trouble starting meetings, 16% were about server connection problems, and the remaining 5% concerned issues using the app itself.
Over 1,500 reports have been registered about the disruption.
This is not the first time Google Meet (gmeet) has faced problems this year. Back in September, the platform experienced a significant outage in the United States, affecting more than 15,000 users.
Google traced the issue to a “recent change in content edge cache” which its engineers later reversed to restore normal service.
It has not released an official statement about the current outage in India, the timing comes shortly after another major tech disruption.
The web-infrastructure provider Cloudflare suffered an outage that affected several major platforms, including X, Canva, and even ChatGPT.
Cloudflare’s chief technology officer, Dane Knecht, admitted the company had “failed” its customers and the wider internet when its network issues disrupted significant amounts of online traffic.
Google Meet users in India expressed concern as the platform plays a critical role in remote work, online classes, Virtual events.
Many are switching to meeting alternatives like Zoom and Microsoft Teams.
On Downdetector over 66% of users reported issues with the website itself. Roughly 32% cited server connection problems.
The platform appears to be partially functional for some users. But others continue to face difficulties.
Experts suggested that temporary outages like these are often caused by internal updates. Some of them even attribute the problem to minor server changes or perhaps unexpected technical glitches.
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