So far, users have suggested fixes on the Google community blog. On 4 February, an email statement to ThePrint from a Google spokesperson read: “We are aware of this issue and are working to resolve it at the earliest.”
The company’s reply was: “We’ll check with the team and come back to you on this asap.”Ī follow-up email was sent on 3 February, to which Google replied: “We’ll come back to you as soon as there’s an update to share”. ThePrint reached the communications team at Google India through email on 2 February for a response. Google is yet to formally respond to the issue. User Arun Chandran said the latest update is not downloading fully “and the notification cannot be removed from drop-down menu… Need a solution ASAP”.įawwaz AZ said: “It’s bit annoying the notification(waiting for network) comes up everyday and i force stop it and its gone for that day and again comes back on the other day and im tired of doing that, solve this issue google or fix this (sic).” Google’s response “I am really very annoyed by this notification”. Restarting the phone doesn’t work either. This user further said despite a stable internet connection, the download does not seem to complete, nor can the notification that the app is downloading be removed. One user, Partho Kr Pal, wrote: “From last 1 month it always shows *Downloading English US update and waiting for network connection*”. i feel violated”, wrote another user with ID ‘this guy, not that guy’. “Same here with Nokia 5.3”, posted another user Beatfoxygen W. “Having the same issue here – Samsung A10E – Frustrating”, posted user identified as ‘User 5423170626333816264’ on 10 January. The app can “download files without notification” and prevents the device from going into sleep mode which preserves energy when the phone is not being used.Īlso read: Who legally authorises data interception & on what grounds: A study of 5 democraciesĪndroid users across the world, including in India, have posted negative reviews about the app on Play Store as well as the official Google community support blog.Ī user named ‘Val Carlill’ on 9 January posted, “google speech on android phone wont stop downloading” and that the update “Has been downloading for 2 days.
It has access to a mobile phone’s microphone, phone storage and its contents, and has full network access. This app, like other Google apps, requires extensive permissions. Voice recording apps can use this to transcribe audio.