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Questions tagged [google]

For questions regarding Google and Google services and apps in general. For a specific service/app, please use a more specific tag. Please note that many Google apps have their respective tags (e.g. google-now, google-maps). Make sure to always use the best fitting one.

Google is a corporation which offers various internet, online and mobility related services like Internet search, cloud computing and advertising technologies. Google also leads the development of the Android mobile operating system.

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How to stop dialogs telling me to turn on the ability of Google apps to access my location?

This phone I have been using for years and flashing it with different ROMs, mostly CM. However, I think at the switch from CM 10.2 to CM11 it started giving me this insanely annoying message: In a previous version of android, you turned off the…
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Whats the difference between the "OK Google" function and the new "Google Assistant"?

I've had OK Google on my Galaxy S7 since I bought it. Now I see Google Assistant coming out. Whats the difference?
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How to get Google to appear when swipe left on home screen?

I accidently turned off the setting that allows google to appear when you swipe left instead of cycling through the screens of apps. I unfortunately cannot now find that setting to turn it back on, even though I have done several searches on the…
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Why is Google app so large?

I see that Google app takes 120 Mb of storage. Since it's just an app to search things on the web, why is it so darn large? Are there any more functions (except searching the web) that it does to justify taking up so much space?
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Is it possible to disable Google Play apps remote installation?

I would like to know if it's possible on a given device to disable the Google Play 'feature' to remotely install an app into it, once logged in from a browser. I'm not interested in workarounds on how to prevent it (like installing a 3rd party app),…
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What happens if I disable Google app?

If I disable Google app (which came preinstalled on my phone and which I don't use) will that have an effect on other apps by Google like Google Maps or Gmail? I want to disable it for privacy reasons but I don't want other apps to be affected.
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Emails address on two cell phones

How do I delete 1 googled account on two phones? One google email on two phones with different phone numbers how doI delete without losing apps.
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how can I stop the Google app from randomly opening?

Whenever I have my headphones in, especially when I'm listening to music, the voice app thing for Google will randomly open!! I can't seem to get it to stop! Please! Someones gotta help me!! Make it stop!! It's even opened twice during writing this!
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How to recover the encrypted data after a hard reset of a moto G8

I forgot my pattern to unlock my moto G8 so I decided to make a hard reset to access it; which I successfully did and gained access into my phone. I never had any data in the sd card nor google drive; I got access to my Gmail acct, photos app…
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Google Play Services has stopped

On my Samsung Galaxy A6 I keep getting the message 'Google Play Services has stopped' Whatever I try to do this message keeps appearing and I cannot get rid of it. I did manage to get into the app, but on trying to uninstall updates got the message…
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Google Response Sound (Ding sound) on clicking google mic or saying Ok google

Why after turning off all the accessibility services the sound is disabled and immediately after enabling accessibility of any third party app or inbuilt app ,this sound is enabled. I (perhaps everyone , I tested 3 phones at my home ) am facing…
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using a Pixel 2 without Google account

I would like to buy a Pixel 2 but use it without signing in to a Google account. I would get apps from F-Droid, for example. I do not wish to use any Google apps. I also do not wish to use a custom ROM. My questions: does this work? would I receive…
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Why don't the capitalization voice commands work in the Google app?

The capitalization, quotation marks, and some punctuation marks don't work for me In the Google app. Is there some additional software I should know about? Thanks.
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How do I eliminate the left-swipe Google Snapshot page from my home screen? (S21 Ultra)

Recently got a Samsung S21 Ultra. When I swipe left from the home screen I get Google Assistant "Snapshot", which I have no use for. So I disabled Google Assistant via Google app > Settings > Google Assistant > General So now when I swipe left…
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Android device is stuck on "signing in" page

I had my tablet repaired yesterday (new LCD) - unfortunately the tablet had been sitting broken for a long time. When I got it back, I done a factory reset so that I could start fresh. The factory reset was successful but now it gets stuck on the…
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