with over 55 billion tests taken speed test and down detector work together to help you plan assess and troubleshoot your internet connections this is Mary Ellen from ukla and today I'm going to show you how to use the down detector status tab in the speed test app to diagnose whether your connection is in trouble or if there's a larger service issue tap the down detector tab at the bottom center of the speed test app to see a snapshot of the current status of the apps websites and services down detector monitors tailored to show what most relevant in your country sites and services that are experiencing problems will appear at the top giving you a quick view of whether the problem you're experiencing is more widespread tap any site or service on the status page for a more detailed view of what's going on you'll see a graph of incident reports over the last 24 hours as well as a chart of what types of issues users have reported you can also tap on the blue button at the bottom of the page to submit your own report to down detector including any information about your experience this helps other users understand what they might also be experiencing you've just used the free speed test app to check for online service disruptions make the speed test app your first stop when connecting and staying connected and the next time you're wondering if something on the Internet is down or if it's just you check the down detector tab in the speed test app to learn more about what you can do with speed test and down detector explore our other videos or check out our speed test guides more information can be found at speed test test.net