Google Play back up for most users after global outage

Google Play Store is up and running with the majority of users now confirming the same.

Google Play Store is currently down for many users.

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Google Play Store, the official app store on Android smartphones is currently down for many users across the world. Both app and the web version of Google Play Store is inaccessible for sometimes and over 2,500 people have reported the same on the Downdetector platform. As of now, there is no official comment on what caused this outage.

The issue seems to be specific to select users. While some users can access it without any issue, others have an issue accessing the Play Store on both mobile and web browsers. Similarly, some users can update the installed apps from the “My Apps” section while they cannot access the home page of the Google Play Store.

The service was up for many users momentarily. However, several users still cannot access the service and the company is yet to comment on the same.

Google Play Store error as seen on an Android phone.

In some cases, a quick smartphone restart seems to fix the issue. Again, this is not working for everyone.

Google Play Store down? 🤔 pic.twitter.com/g6mxzeTrXI

— Alvin (@sondesix) April 25, 2023

The Google Play Store website is also down.

Same error. But “My Apps” page is accessible and app updates are available too.
I just updated 13 apps despite the homepage showing the error. pic.twitter.com/pTQ4QRu27r

— Ritvik Rungta (@ritvik443) April 25, 2023

Please fix this issue @GooglePlay #playstoredown #playstore #Android #google pic.twitter.com/fZAa1BNv1m

— Party Face (@partyface_) April 25, 2023

Google Play store is down! I’ll try later and let you know if it works then. Everyone in the US and other countries are down! Hope google can fix it.🤬

— Jessica Turner (@jess2282pink) April 25, 2023

It looks like Google Play Store is down right now. Getting this error for the last two hours. pic.twitter.com/OYP1wpZCZD

— Anurag Chawake (@antechx) April 25, 2023

It looks like Google Play Store is now working for most users with reports on Twitter and Downdetector suggesting the same.