YouTube Suffers Global Outage, Video Streaming Service Unavailable For Most Users

New Delhi: YouTube videos were not accessible for several users worldwide on Tuesday. Downdetector, that tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform has also confirmed that the video streaming service has been hit.

“User reports indicate Youtube is having problems since 9:17 PM EDT. http://downdetector.com/status/youtube/ RT if you're also having problems #Youtubedown,” tweeted Downdetector.

User reports indicate Youtube is having problems since 9:17 PM EDT. https://t.co/XrCFHBn78f RT if you're also having problems #Youtubedown — Downdetector (@downdetector) April 11, 2023

Meanwhile, Google-owned Youtube on Monday began introducing a "sleep timer" function to its music streaming service YouTube Music. For those who like to fall asleep to music, the sleep timer option may be helpful.

The advantage of the sleep timer feature is that the music player can automatically cease playing after a certain amount of time, allowing users to go asleep without worrying about the music playing continuously through their speakers or earbuds.

The'real-time lyrics' feature has begun to roll out to YouTube Music on Android and iOS, the company's music streaming service.

Some YouTube Music subscribers have claimed that the service is currently available, however not all users have this experience.

It is comparable to the real-time lyrics function seen on other music streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify.