Google Home and Chromecast have been down for hours due to mysterious 'glitch'

It's turning out to be a great day for service outages.

Google Home speakers and Chromecasts have been down across the world for several hours as the result of an unspecified "glitch."

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It's not clear what's causing the issue, but Google Home speakers are responding to commands by saying "there was a glitch, try again in a few seconds." That "glitch," whatever it is, has been happening for at least 5 hours.

Likewise, Chromecasts have also been inoperable for several hours. Google hasn't commented on the source of either issue, or if the two are related, but the @MadebyGoogle Twitter account has been tweeting at angry users for hours letting them know a fix is on the way. Read more...

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