What it actually doesGoogle Search mobile app provides information search, visual search via camera, news recommendations, and music recognition, though user reviews frequently mention functionality issues after updates.
Actually does
- ✓RSS / News15% of reviews
- ✓Camera5% of reviews
- ✓AI assistant(bonus)30% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Translation
- ⚠Распознавание музыки по мелодии
- ⚠Помощь с решением домашних заданий (математика, химия, физика, биология)
- ⚠Price comparison
- ⚠Голосовой поиск
- ⚠Widgets
- ⚠Private browsing
- ⚠End-to-end encryption
- ⚠Anti-phishing
Common complaints
- ✗Functions not working after updates24% of mentions
«Functions in the app don't work and restarting the phone doesn't help. I've reported this more than once already, but nothing's been done about it»
- ✗White screen and freezes when using AI mode18% of mentions
«If I use AI for more than three hours, the screen just goes white and all the information that was there simply disappears»
- ✗Unable to create link for sending documents6% of mentions
«After the latest update, it's impossible to create a link. It constantly shows 'unable to create link. Try again later'»
- ✗Images tab and saved pages not loading6% of mentions
«Images, the tab, and saved pages don't load at all, even the section itself won't open»
- ✗Slow loading of pages with AI conversation history9% of mentions
«When there are many requests and responses in AI Mode, that page takes longer and longer to load»
What people praise
- ★Convenience and ease of use of the app
«Very convenient to use, I come here every day just to search for something or read something, great app»
- ★App truly helps and comes to the rescue
«Very very good app, always saves me»
- ★Economical data consumption compared to Safari
«Google uses less internet than Safari! With my data plan, this is vital!»
- ★Reliable search and all Google services work well
«Best search engine. All Google services work great»
- ★AI mode is an interesting and informative conversational partner
«An interesting and informative conversational partner»