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Update 10pm BST: Google says it has now resolved the issues affecting Google Suite and there are statements available on the G Suite Status Dashboard – just select the orange dot for each of the various products.
Google and several of its biggest services appear to have gone down.
Gmail, YouTube, Drive, Google Maps and search aren't working in a number of countries all over the world.
iPhone X: Apple chief suffers onstage Face ID fail What's gone wrong is not yet clear, but people say they're unable to login to their accounts.
The issues have cropped up on a huge day in the tech calendar, with Apple set to launch three new iPhones at 6pm BST. You can follow all the latest iPhone X and iPhone 8 updates here .
Show all 11 1 /1111 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed 11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Labs Labs is a testing ground for a number of experimental Gmail features that aren’t quite ready to be rolled out properly. Most of them are really useful, and it’s worth checking them out and enabling the ones you like by going to Settings and hitting the Labs tab. At the time of writing, one of them shows you how many unread messages you have in the Gmail tab on your browser, and another lets you add handy shortcut buttons. The catch is that they can disappear at any moment.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Unsend messages You can unsend sent messages with Gmail, and you don’t even need an add-on. Just go to Settings and check the Enable Undo Send option. You can choose between five, 10, 20 and 30 seconds as your cancellation period. After it’s over, there’s no getting that message back.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Colourful stars The Starred messages feature is already really handy, but you can make it even better. In Settings, scroll down to the Stars section and choose which colour you want to use - you can switch the default golden one for orange, red, purple, blue or green. In fact, you don’t need to use a star at all. Boxes with icons are also available, and you can have lots of them in use at once. It may seem like little more than visual fun, but you can actually make your life easier by using different colours or icons for different types of message, as you can search for each of them individually.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Shortcuts You can see the entire list of Gmail’s shortcuts by going to Settings and scrolling down to the Keyboard Shortcuts section. Learn More will take you to a page with all of the shortcuts on Android, iOS and the desktop. Or, if you’re already on a computer, just open Gmail and hit Shift and /.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Hide categories Gmail automatically sorts your messages into distinct categories, including Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates and Forums. However, you can hide the ones you don’t need by going to Settings, hitting the Labels tab and scrolling down to Categories.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Search properly Don’t be fooled by Gmail’s simple-looking search bar. Click the down arrow just left of the search button to access a load of additional options that make it much easier to sort through your messages.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Add other accounts If you use Gmail and other email providers, like Yahoo, Exchange and Outlook, you can make your life easier by managing all of your messages from one place. In the app, tap the menu button, add an account by hitting the down arrow and pick the type of account you want to add.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Smart Replies You can reply to messages quickly by selecting one of three “smart reply” options Gmail offers. It uses machine learning technology to formulate them, to ensure they’re applicable to the message you’re responding to and sound like something you’d write.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Mute threads Like group conversations on WhatsApp, email threads can get annoying. Fortunately, you can mute them. Open the message, click the More button above it and select Mute.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Block annoying people You can block users you don’t want to hear from anymore by opening an email you’ve received from them, hitting the down arrow next to the reply button (in the top right-hand corner of the message) and selecting Block.
11 useful Gmail features you didn't know existed Inbox If you’re feeling inquisitive, it’s worth trying out Google’s Inbox (by Gmail) app. It takes a slightly different approach to Gmail, focusing on de-cluttering your inbox.
According to DownDetector , many of the problems with Google's services started at around 4pm BST.
At the time of writing, the main Google site is experiencing serious issues in parts of the UK, France, North America and Japan.
The outage map looks very similar for Gmail and Google Drive, the company's productivity suite, which millions of people use for getting work done.
Drive is telling affected users that they're offline and refusing to grant access to files, while Gmail is preventing people from sending messages.
The desktop version of YouTube is also broken around the world, but some users say they can still access it on mobile.
Outage Report, meanwhile, describes Google and Google Drive's issues as "extreme", Maps and YouTube's as "high" and Gmail's as "medium".
We've contacted Google and will update this story if the company responds.
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