Google Keep has grown to be one of those utilities that many Android users can’t seem to live without, myself being one of them. With over a billion downloads, it’s clear that Google has gotten something right with the jotting app. But as with any piece of software, it isn’t completely free from bugs — the latest coming straight from Samsung users running Android 12.

Member Tim O 8971 on the official Google forums (via PhoneArena) says, “I have an auto-numbered list on my Android mobile (Samsung S21+) and when I try to add items or navigate through the list, it adds more numbers to the items above. I’ve done this with much longer lists, with no problems, but now it’s happening on any new list I originate. See screenshot. Any ideas? On my PC, the synced note works fine. I can see the multiple numbers, but it works normally on the PC. Thank you.”

google keep numbered list bug samsung

Basically, the numbered lists feature on the Google Keep app installed on Samsung devices has a bug where tapping enter to add a new list item adds another number to the previous item. The result is something similar to the screenshot given above. This behavior may also be accompanied by the cursor or the entire view area shifting around abnormally while typing.

Judging by complaints, the bug only seems to be affecting Samsung devices running Android 12 with the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S20, and Galaxy Note 20 being some of them. I was unable to reproduce it on my stock Android-running device.

While there does not appear to be any workaround as of yet, Google did acknowledge the bug a couple of weeks back saying that “the team currently is investigating” it. There haven’t been any further updates given out after this though, unfortunately.

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