# Any problems with Google today?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 24, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160 "2020-03-24T09:06:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Mislav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/1 "2020-03-24T09:06:53Z")

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When I click on the App list icon, nothing happens. Nothing opens. It seems to work on desktop though. Anyone else having the same problem?

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### Author: ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/2 "2020-03-24T15:24:25Z")

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Yesterday there was a period where, for about 5 minutes, Google search was very, very slow to respond. The problem seemed to vanish after that.

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### Author: ![TVTrukChik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TVTrukChik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVTrukChik)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/3 "2020-03-25T18:24:34Z")

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It’s fine on my phone, but I can’t access anything Google on my PC (which gets its internet via a hotspot using the same carrier as the phone).

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### Author: ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/4 "2020-03-25T21:07:16Z")

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It does not load on my laptop.

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### Author: ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/5 "2020-03-26T00:28:35Z")

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Google “Is Google Down” and the first response is “No”.

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### Author: ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)
#### Post date: [March 26, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-problems-with-google-today/850160/6 "2020-03-26T04:20:59Z")

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The google news aggregator works fine on my Android phone but hasn’t loaded for hours on my Win10 laptop.