About this app

The Google app keeps you in the know about things that matter to you. Find quick answers, explore your interests, and stay up to date with Discover. The more you use the Google app, the better it gets.

Search and browse:
- Nearby shops and restaurants
- Live sports scores and schedules
- Movies times, casts, and reviews
- Videos and images
- News, stock information, and more
- Anything you’d find on the web

Get personalized updates in Discover*:
- Stay in the know about topics that interest you
- Start your morning with weather and top news
- Get updates on sports, movies, and events
- Know as soon as your favorite artists drop new albums
- Get stories about your interests and hobbies
- Follow interesting topics, right from Search results

Unstable connection?
- Google will automatically optimize results to improve loading on bad connections
- If Google cannot complete a Search, you’ll get a notification with the search results once you regain connection

Learn more about what the Google app can do for you: http://www.google.com/search/about
For users of some Wear devices, the Google Assistant features on your watch are also provided by the Google app
*some features of Discover might not be available in all countries

New features

• Use voice commands while navigating – even when your device has no connection. Try saying "cancel my navigation" "what's my ETA?" or "what's my next turn?"
• It's easier to access privacy settings from the homescreen. Just tap your Google Account profile picture.

App Permissions

This permission can be used on content providers to allow the global search system to access their data.
Allows an application to read the user's contacts data.
Allows an application to write the user's contacts data.
Allows applications to access information about networks.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows an application to read or write the system settings.
Allows an application to broadcast sticky intents.
Allows an application to know what content is playing and control its playback.
Allows an application to find out the space used by any package.
Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks.
Marker permission for applications that wish to access notification policy.
Allows applications to change Wi-Fi connectivity state.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to change network connectivity state.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
Allows an application to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Allows an app to access approximate location.
Allows an app to access precise location.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows an application to initiate a phone call without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call.
Allows an application to call any phone number, including emergency numbers, without going through the Dialer user interface for the user to confirm the call being placed.
Allows access to the list of accounts in the Accounts Service.
Allows an application to modify global audio settings.
Allows an application to read the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to read the user's call log.
Allows an application to read SMS messages.
Allows read only access to phone state, including the phone number of the device, current cellular network information, the status of any ongoing calls, and a list of any PhoneAccounts registered on the device.
Allows applications to read the sync settings.
Allows an application to record audio.
Allows an application to send SMS messages.
Allows access to the vibrator.
This constant was deprecated in API level 21. No longer enforced.
Allows an application to write the user's calendar data.
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper.
Allows applications to set the wallpaper hints.
Allows an application to tell the AppWidget service which application can access AppWidget's data.
Allows an app to use fingerprint hardware.
Allows applications to enter Wi-Fi Multicast mode.
Allows an app to create windows using the type TYPE_APPLICATION_OVERLAY, shown on top of all other apps.
Allows an application to collect component usage statistics
Declaring the permission implies intention to use the API and the user of the device can grant permission through the Settings application.
Allows the app to answer an incoming phone call.
Allows applications to perform I/O operations over NFC.
Allows an application to expand or collapse the status bar.
Allows applications to write the apn settings.