Is Google Chat down? Users report service is 'not working' as problems spike on DownDetector - is there an outage?

Problems have spiked on DownDetector since 7am this morning with reports now peaking at 307. More and more users are continuing to report problems with Google Chat.

Some have taken to X, formerly Twitter, to complain. One user said: “Google Chat is no longer working.. How about stopping all your AI shenanigans and focus on your core products for once, Google?”

Another added: “I'm having trouble today. Not sure why”.

There doesn’t seem to be an outage as the spike of problems is not huge, however, it is significant. As of yet Google has not commented on the problems.

On DownDetector it shows that 56% of most reported problems are to do with the website, 29% to do with the app and 15% with server connection.