Security News > 2022 > October > Google search crashes when you ask "How many emojis on Apple"
Google Search is timing out when users search for specific terms like "How many emojis on iOS," "How many emojis on Apple" or "How many emojis on Windows."
BleepingComputer was able to reproduce the issue on both Google search sites and the mobile app.
Google Search is throwing a server error, shown below, after timing out as users search for phrases like "How many emojis on iOS" or "How many emojis on Apple".
The issue was originally thought to be impacting a country-specific domain, Google.
Keen commentators quickly pointed out that Google.com was also impacted, as further confirmed by BleepingComputer.
BleepingComputer has reached out to Google prior to publishing to understand the root cause of the issue and we are waiting to hear back.