Google Gemini users reported errors on September 3, with outage reports beginning around 8.44 am EDT (approximately 4.44 pm UAE time).
Widespread reports across several countries
Users in the United Kingdom, India, France, Belgium, Turkey, Jordan, Georgia, Greece, Spain, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Switzerland all posted complaints about the service. Most of the feedback described error messages, unusually slow replies and difficulty generating AI answers. Some users also mentioned problems with the Gemini API, the mobile app, login procedures and website access.
Monitoring services picked up the surge quickly. Downdetector logged a spike in reports at the same 8.44 am EDT mark and displayed a "possible problems" warning for India. Another site, Down for Everyone or Just Me, recorded similar issues about an hour earlier, suggesting the disruption was not confined to a single market.
Google has not confirmed the outage
Google has not publicly confirmed a widespread consumer Gemini outage nor disclosed the cause of the reported problems. The company’s Cloud Service Health dashboard showed no new broad Gemini incident at the time of writing, and the incident history notes that Gemini‑related services have experienced outages and elevated error rates in the past.
The lack of an official statement comes as Google continues to expand Gemini across its consumer products and roll out new versions of its AI models. The ongoing development may mean that intermittent glitches can appear as the service scales.
UAE users see limited impact
Downdetector’s UAE page still displayed "no current problems with Google Gemini" even as reports grew elsewhere. This could indicate that users in the Emirates are less affected, or that the volume of local reports has not yet reached the threshold required for the monitoring service to flag an outage.
Without a clear confirmation from Google, the exact scope of the disruption remains uncertain. Observers will be watching for any updates from the company or its service‑health tools as the situation develops.