People travelling over the weekend all across the world were left stranded after Google Maps went down on Friday. The outage, sparked a flurry of jokes, with most users startled that the service was unavailable.
People were having trouble loading maps on their phones, making navigation hard, causing netizens to resort to Twitter to discover if it was a one-time issue.
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People from all around the world quickly signed up, realising that the app was far more important to them than they realised. The outage began late Friday evening, according to Downdetector. Mapping services were disrupted in the United States, Canada, several regions of Europe, India, Australia, and other nations.
⚠️🗺 Google Maps is currently experiencing a service outage that may affect users of Flightradar24 on the web and in our Android app. Google is currently working to restore service. We'll post updates in this thread.
— Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) March 18, 2022
Google did not disclose any additional details regarding the outage or what caused it, but the Google Maps platform status dashboard acknowledged the event and noted that services had been disrupted.
A few hours later, Google declared that the issue had been rectified. A business spokesman told Mashable, “We can confirm that the technical issue from earlier today is now fixed.”
Here are some of the most amusing responses to the outage:
https://twitter.com/palvaro/status/1504854473260163077
I am legitimately stunned that Google Maps is apparently down
Good thing I know where I'm going, or I'd have to use Apple Maps and be like Magellan.#GoogleMaps pic.twitter.com/LnofeVwwT7
— J Roca (@JRoc23) March 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/river_sethe/status/1504863764365127680
https://twitter.com/ameliameech/status/1504869145896226827
Google Maps is down. iPhone users switching over to Apple Maps bout to be like: pic.twitter.com/uYOOHANRpI
— JoeyBlack (@JoeyBlack007) March 18, 2022
Google maps is down.. Time to dust off ol’ reliable pic.twitter.com/zwuosRBGBZ
— 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 (@ElevatedNinja) March 18, 2022
me trying to get to my destination while google maps is down pic.twitter.com/wcv2u2zawH
— Syd (@fcknsyd) March 18, 2022
Google Maps is down and now we have to read road signs like some kind of caveman pic.twitter.com/eWEaRjILxF
— Mr. Squatchski (@MRoboski) March 18, 2022
Me when google maps isn’t working pic.twitter.com/5cMji6WTNM
— Jonna (@collins_jonna) March 18, 2022
Google Maps right now pic.twitter.com/1wXwcYV2kj
— 🇺🇲George Nada, Ph.D, Biologist🇺🇲 (@GrilledChees420) March 18, 2022
Google Maps Down
Apple Maps Be Like:#GoogleMaps #GoogleDown pic.twitter.com/at3PT1ms7W
— Patel Meet (@MeetPatelTech) March 18, 2022
https://twitter.com/JustMeLorrz/status/1504851487494713356
https://twitter.com/eskoglund/status/1504860859444641796
google maps is down. thank god i remember my way to the fridge 😩
— Swiggy Food (@Swiggy) March 18, 2022
