You had one job: Google's alarm fails countless users after update


Google Clock app user woke up angry, after a bug with the app caused the alarm to stay silent instead. Though Google has patched it, the app took a beating on the review front. — dpa

Hundreds of Android smartphone owners have been venting their anger at Google after the tech giant's Clock app failed to activate its alarms following an update in late August.

The Clock app, among the world's most widely used alarm apps with more than a billion downloads, is thought to have left many of its users snoozing in recent weeks due to a bug that sees the app remain silent and instead show a notification of a "missed" alarm.

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