Major Google services including YouTube, video-calling and Gmail were hit by partial outages Thursday while the internet giant\u2019s infrastructure is experiencing record usage during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n
People around the world tweeted that various services were down. Urs Holzle, who overseas Google\u2019s data centers, said the problem came from a router failure in Atlanta and wasn\u2019t virus-related.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis wasn\u2019t related to traffic levels or any kind of overload, our network is not stressed by Covid-19,\u201d Holzle said on Twitter. \u201cThings should be back to normal now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alphabet Inc.\u2019s Google has largely been able to keep its services running as millions of people have been forced to stay at home to help slow the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s Hangouts video-calling service is being used by students around the world to attend class remotely.<\/p>\n
YouTube is seeing a surge in traffic as more people look for entertainment and information online. The company has already lowered the default quality of streamed video to reduce the toll on internet service providers.<\/p>\n
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