Google Drive 'failed-forbidden' error still awaits a fix

Despite persistence of the issue since 2015, Google Drive users who encounter failed-forbidden error or failure to download the uploaded files await an answer from Google. Google Drive acts...
Jun 24, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos’ quota exceeding bug

UPDATE: The quota exceeding issue where storage did not update despite successful compression on Google Photos has been resolved for the user who reported it. On June 28, 2017 he...
Jun 24, 2017 1 Min Read

Gmail users will soon be able to disable ad personalization

Gmail plans to offer more privacy to its customers by incorporating an option to disarm ad personalization. For those unfamiliar, ad personalization is a feature that scans and uses Gmail...
Jun 24, 2017 0 Min Read

Gmail for iOS having sign-in issues for many

Unable to login to your Gmail account while using the app on iOS? You might not be alone as several others are also reporting the sign-in problem. Lately, iOS...
Jun 23, 2017 0 Min Read

Gmail app’s smart reply feature rolls out in India

Android users can now enjoy smart reply feature on the Gmail app in India. The feature got live for Indian market on June 21, 2017. For starters, the smart reply...
Jun 22, 2017 0 Min Read

Google Drive’s desktop client giving sync error for videos on Google Photos

Update (September 1): Google is fixing Photos/Drive video sync issue case–by-case. So, you’ll have to contact them individually, as they have not disclosed any general fix...
Jun 21, 2017 1 Min Read

Google Photos: sharing an album and shared albums, similar yet different

For those new to the concept of albums in Google Photos, the app offers two ways of sharing them: sharing an album and shared albums (create a shared one and...
Jun 21, 2017 3 Min Read

Is Google even working on fixing creation date problem of uploads?

Is Google Photos’ metadata feature which automatically stores creation date and time of original uploads bugged? Reason being, many users have reported that the app is showing different date and...
Jun 19, 2017 1 Min Read

Not able to send emails through Gmail? You might not be alone [updated]

UPDATE 2: On July 9, 2017, a Google’s employee updated the Gmail users who are not able to send emails or facing ‘outbox queued’ issue that “They just let...
Jun 17, 2017 1 Min Read

Several users reporting ‘video play error’ with Google Photos

Several Google Photos users are facing issues while playing videos (or video play error) since last November. Specifically, uploaded videos either display “An error occurred. Please try again later” notification...
Jun 16, 2017 1 Min Read

Several Google Photos users facing image duplication problem

UPDATE: The Desktop Uploader app has now been replaced by Backup & Sync, but the new app is also plagued by a duplication issue (not sure if the root cause...
Jun 16, 2017 1 Min Read

Gmail’s disappearing contacts still bothering some despite Google’s confirmed fix

Gmail users started reporting loss of contacts or missing contacts from contact groups back in November, 2016. The issue seems to be with the web client of the service. Google...
Jun 15, 2017 2 Min Read