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.”

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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Google apps are one of the most used applications on any smartphone. Some of these apps come pre-installed on Android devices as part of GMS (Google Mobile Services) package. As a result, Google Photos has managed to hit 5 billion downloads on the Play Store. Similarly, Google Keep reached 1 billion downloads.

Google Photos is arguably the best cloud-based gallery service in the market. Unfortunately, it will no longer be free from June 2021. But that does not make it bad as there’s not a single service as good as it is. 

That said, although the Google Photos Android app reached 5 billion downloads, its user base should be way more less. That’s because the service was reported to have only over a billion active users in July 2019.

The application reached this milestone solely because it comes pre-installed on most Android smartphones and tablets. But since not everyone uses it, active users are way more less compared to downloads.

On the other hand, Google Keep is one of the best free note-taking applications. Unlike the former app, this one does not come pre-installed on any Android. Therefore, hitting 1 billion downloads on the Play Store is a big achievement for this app.

Google Keep managed to double its download count from 500 million within 18 months. This clearly suggests that the pandemic played a key role for its success as people are continuing their education and work from home.

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