Google applications including YouTube, email and Docs have suffered a rare service outage, with users unable to access many of the company's services.
The outage started shortly before noon UK time, lasting more than half an hour before services were restored.
Users around the world reported problems with Gmail, Google Drive, the Android Play Store, Maps and more.
Google's search engine, however, remained unaffected by the problems affecting its other services.
The brief outage had a significant impact on the company's millions of users, many of whom rely on Google services for basic work apps such as email and calendars.
