Users worldwide experience a two-hour outage, but Google Calendar is now restored online

It is the preferred calendar app for millions of people around the world, but Google The calendar seemed to have problems this afternoon.

According to Down Detector, the issues began around 14:30 BST and affected users around the world.

More than 1,400 issues were logged and two-thirds of users reported problems with the website.

MailOnline tried to access the app and received an error message saying: “There was an error.” Please try again later.’

Google has not yet commented on the cause of the outage.

According to Down Detector, the issues began around 14:30 BST and affected users around the world.

Of those who reported problems, 77 percent said they were having problems with the website, while 19 percent had server connection problems.

The remaining four percent said they had problems with the app.

Several frustrated users took to X (formerly Twitter) to discuss the outage.

“Google Calendar is not working and to be honest I have no idea if I have any meetings coming up or not,” one user wrote.

Another added: ‘Google Calendar doesn’t work. I don’t know where I have to be or when, and people can’t book calls with me.’

And one joked: ‘Google Calendar doesn’t work.’ Does this mean we will have the rest of the day free? …asking for a friend.’

Google Calendar was first launched in 2009 and is now one of the most popular calendar apps worldwide.

“With Google Calendar, you can quickly schedule meetings and events and receive reminders about upcoming activities, so you always know what’s next,” Google explained.

“Calendar is designed for teams, so it’s easy to share your agenda with others and create multiple calendars that you and your team can use together.”

MailOnline tried to access the app and received an error message saying: “There was an error.” Please try again later’

Several frustrated users took to X (formerly Twitter) to discuss the outage.