Caution! Appendix «Google News" can cost you a pretty penny

What happened

Some «Google News" application for Android users have complained that it consumes an excessive amount of traffic in the background. If you disable Wi-Fi, the program downloads the data via mobile internet, which can lead to a huge phone bill.

If you believe official forumThe problem has appeared in June - about a month after release programs. In September Relations Manager Public Google confirmed its existence. He said the company is working on correcting errors. However, the application is still present.

User Zach Doudl sent The Verge website screenshots, where there is a problem visible to the naked eye.

Appendix «Google News" randomly consumes an insane amount of data in the background without the user's knowledge. The program gobbled up more than 12 GB of traffic, while I was sleeping, and Wi-Fi turned off. This resulted in excess of $ 75 in the account.

According to users, it does not help even disable the "Download only on Wi-Fi» in the application settings. A man program downloaded 24 gigabytes of data, which resulted in him the extra $ 385.

What can be done

Disable traffic consumption in the background via the mobile network

You can prevent the application download data by going to system settings. For this:

1. In the settings, click "Network and Internet", then "Data Transfer".
2. Select the Mobile Internet and disable the corresponding function.

On some devices, this option may be in another place. For example, in today's smartphone Huawei is a sequence of actions:

1. Go to the settings "Applications and notifications."
2. Select "Applications".
3. Find «Google News" and select a program.
4. In the tab "Traffic Statistics" uncheck "Data Transfer".

You can simply use the search by the on-demand settings "Data Transfer", "Mobile data" or "Mobile Web". After this will disable the function «Google News" program.

Remove the app

Alternatively, simply delete the program from your phone, wait until the problem is not fixed, and then re-download it. So you are sure that the pay-per-gone nowhere the traffic you do not have to.