Is Google Chat currently down? Live Status and Outage Reports

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Steven Irby @StevenIrby

Reported 2021-01-23 12:16:15

I remember the days of AIM, Google chat (what was it called?), and MSN. I used the app Pidgen, and it was amazing having everything consolidated in one single app. Sadly, every platform moved to the walled garden approach with locked down protocols.

James @FatJumbis

Reported 2021-01-22 17:47:40

If my post death Google chatbot ever says they like Imagine Dragons I'm coming back to fix that myself

Paul Klapperich @paulklapperich

Reported 2021-01-22 16:50:13

My new smart watch has this. @Google build this into @Android as multiplatform apps like #Hangouts & #GoogleChat. We all have that friend who sends a single sentence across several lines and our phone and computers all **** up. At once It's 2021, fix it in software. https://t.co/0ikZqj8msH

J E ss aica @JDRGAYDAR

Reported 2021-01-21 16:20:06

united nations: america online is anti-social shut it down usa: so google chat? un: direct message on messaging app on social media app

suninJuly @the_sun_in_july

Reported 2021-01-19 11:05:26

Using chat to check for understanding use the Google Chat feature to ask and answer questions or type in emojis, like a thumbs-up or thumbs-down, to show whether they understood a concept.

Curtis Tipton Scism @SciCT85

Reported 2021-01-18 12:03:17

@NatalieRial Oh great.... another board wipe. Yay! Also if you ever want to throw down. My play group meets every other Monday at 7:00. Via Skype, in person or google chat. https://t.co/7p5ALNvNCD

Sam Connour @SamConnour

Reported 2021-01-16 23:00:17

@tylerblack32 @nytimes Thank you for saying this! It's been so relieving to watch my kids adapt and thrive through 2020. They play online, talk w/ friends for hours, relationally problem-solve, build things, prank each other, and just be kids together on platforms like Minecraft, Google chat, etc.

Peter Horner #FE @peterghorner

Reported 2021-01-16 15:38:08

@Rangathetrainer @AETAcademies @GEG_UK @GlobalGEG @SuiteShortand @myedtechbuddy @OhioGeg @GEG_MN_Metro @TechMissC #GoogleChat is great. We're seeing lots of #GoogleChat usage on our domain now. Really cuts down on emails.

Henry @HenryNY2020

Reported 2021-01-16 13:09:46

@SlackHQ @SlackHQ After we realized it was a nation wide outage, switched to Google chat for a while. Now we all back on slack again. Thanks!

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Reported 2021-01-15 09:03:17

@EllieFee my google chat is broken ;-;

CHELS @PVTPM_52ILInf

Reported 2021-01-13 09:50:06

Welp, I am now down to just 1 social media account. I wonder how many friends / family are willing to text me pictures and conversation (or Google chat). Guess I'll find out.

Kristal Garcia @kristal_g_

Reported 2021-01-12 17:52:27

@camdotbio lol.. we had to have a backup google chat for the SRE team incase slack went down. Not exactly "reliable" if you ask me.

Christine Stevens @chrissytweets_

Reported 2021-01-12 07:58:42

Today, I start taking baby steps to setting boundaries between work and personal life. My long term goal is if I have lunch/workout scheduled, no one can have the time. Once my computer shuts down in the evening, no responding to google chat until the next day.

Tee Osinubi @MrTekfinity

Reported 2021-01-07 13:55:36

2021 is here...anyone hear any recent #Google news regarding the #Hangouts to #GoogleChat rollout for non-enterprise users. https://t.co/Dk6V2gl7Pk

mİnt @m1nt_100

Reported 2021-01-06 10:04:20

@potatoesngravyy @CKitsunes @Iuckyticket hangouts chats will migrate to another app called google chat, so hangouts is already burning down

Arceo Choya @ArceoChoya

Reported 2021-01-06 09:46:32

Google to shut down Hangouts, migrate users to Google Chat - CNET: #ai #deeplearning #iot cc: @MikeQuindazzi https://t.co/472WHqrsgU https://t.co/KTdQOUh6PK

Leigh Burnette @leighburnette

Reported 2021-01-05 15:37:10

@mccanner Not to mention having to use Google Chat for 2 hours while it was down yesterday was a *hot mess*

Kyle Bradshaw @SkylledDev

Reported 2021-01-05 09:38:22

Fun observation from yesterday's Slack outage: some of Google Chat's APIs are 1:1 compatible with Slack's. There was very little work involved with integrating Chat's incoming webhooks with the Slack hooks I already use.

New Hope @LeeWoods650

Reported 2021-01-05 01:26:29

@ztlaidlaw I use Google Chat, never tried Slack. Just curious what the major issue/complaint with Google Chat is?

Zach Laidlaw @ztlaidlaw

Reported 2021-01-05 01:03:40

For many Android/Google blogs across the internet, the great #Slack outage of 2021 was the first time we've ever tried #GoogleChat, and most of us reacted with a resounding "ugh." That's pretty much all you need to know.

Em 🏳️‍🌈👨🏽‍💻 ☕️ @cmdnotfound

Reported 2021-01-05 00:27:35

@harlo May I recommend google chat. We never go down. Oh wait...

Ann Loraine @AnnLorainePhD

Reported 2021-01-04 20:45:01

@rburdine1 My lab is using Google chat. I like the interface, and everybody else seems to, as well. I think it solves the problem of providing easy access, but without being too distracting. Also one kind of nice feature is that ... 1/

Chris Hartjes @grmpyprogrammer

Reported 2021-01-04 20:41:43

@zackkitzmiller All great points but you identified one of the issues: risk! Some places are accepting this risk without really thinking about it at all. The small place i currently am working with switched to Google Chat during the outage

Matt Murray @ThatDevShparki

Reported 2021-01-04 18:14:55

Slack went down across the country today, and for the first time Google Chat got the recognition it deserved as the understudy.

Ben Wright @BenWright1028

Reported 2021-01-04 16:57:18

@Viking_Sec @discord My team goes to Google Chat when Slack goes down. Still kind of clunky but they have been putting some effort into it so it is at least bearable.

Richard Startin @richardstartin

Reported 2021-01-04 15:04:24

@vhranger This is what happens when slack goes down (as well as discovering that google chat exists and that it probably won’t exist in a year’s time now people have tried it)

your mortal emily @ruppehill

Reported 2021-01-04 14:11:20

what I thought a slack outage would mean: no one can ping me, glorious day! reality: simultaneously using google chat, zoom chat, slack and email to coordinate and consolidate comms https://t.co/9q8wKNraAp

Kyle Bradshaw @SkylledDev

Reported 2021-01-04 14:06:02

Too scared of Slack going back down to close my Google Chat tab.

Chrystal 邹雨舟 @chrystalzou

Reported 2021-01-04 13:41:42

When Slack goes down and IT turns on Google Chat for everyone to use as a backup (for the day) Gchat's first enterprise use case

Steph 🍩 @ladyjediknight

Reported 2021-01-04 13:32:13

@JordanGPittman Also, it really wasn't down that long 🤦🏼‍♀️ we just switched to Google Chat while we waited...so much easier than complaining!

michael t. colorge @CAM2Go

Reported 2021-01-04 13:02:16

I envy those not forced to use Google Chat…

michael t. colorge @CAM2Go

Reported 2021-01-04 13:00:58

I envy those not being forced to use Google Chat…

Nasty Michele @smileymichele25

Reported 2021-01-04 12:54:53

don’t you dare google chat me just because slack is down #mondaythoughts

Alessandro De Maria @alledemaria

Reported 2021-01-04 12:45:09

Only when @SlackHQ is experiencing an outage you can fully truly comprehend how much @Google Chat is ****. #engineeringexcellence #slackdown #Google

Robert Nelson @RobertMpls

Reported 2021-01-04 12:40:50

With Slack down, we're using Google Chat as our backup. OMG, this UX is brutal. Only Google could **** up chat.

˗ˏˋ jayna wallace ˎˊ @jaynawallace

Reported 2021-01-04 12:30:04

What a co-worker said mere minutes after opening up Google Chat as a disaster backup strategy to use while Slack is down.... https://t.co/2B5ZX6A092

Shantanu Gangal @shantanugangal

Reported 2021-01-04 12:27:49

So should we move to @Google Hangouts? or @Google Meet? or @Google Chat? or @Google Talk? @NotionHQ down too. So maybe @googledocs chat?

denise @spicysprite_

Reported 2021-01-04 12:22:22

since slack is down my team is making due with google chat and omg is it ****TY

Lemi Boyce @rhymiz

Reported 2021-01-04 12:17:44

Slack is down and Google Chat is... subpar, to say the least... gonna text all my coworkers instead.

Josh Hendrickson @CanterRain

Reported 2021-01-04 12:17:24

People: "Slack is down, what do we do?" "Google chat?" "Guh it sucks." "Discord?" "It's a mess!" "Teams?" "No." "Why not?" "Because no." "Then I guess we suffer." "Agreed, we suffer."

Yanvee Club & Sports TV Bar Nakuru @YanveeNakuru

Reported 2021-01-04 12:16:57

Be welcome! Yanvee Club Nakuru, the very best club in Pipeline, Barnabas, Nakuru, Kenya! Slack is down, so have a drink and maybe some nice food. Listen to our great music and make use of our free wifi. #slack #slackdown #nakuru #lakenakuru #googlechat https://t.co/03EXQtgURv

wondermelly @methinks_i_can

Reported 2021-01-04 12:14:02

@iamdevloper Is it down? I thought I was just fired! 😂 (actually, we went back to the new Google chat and I figured our lead finally deleted our workspace)

Cyber Flunk @cyberflunk

Reported 2021-01-04 12:09:23

@dcseifert slack outage showed me google chat now unfurls things. still not going to use google chat. https://t.co/LVx0Opypmc

Tom Hanson 🦭 @A_Porcupine

Reported 2021-01-04 12:04:51

It's been a while since I've used Google Chat (thanks Slack outage 😅). What on earth have they done to the logo? What even is that?

Cory Webb @corywebb

Reported 2021-01-04 11:58:12

Slack is down, so we're using Google Chat this morning. I'm pretty sure the Google Chat design brief went something like this: Just like Slack, but different colors. Oh, and no threads.