Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with

Google's mysterious 'search.app' links leave Android users concerned

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2024-11-08 15:00:03

Google has left Android users puzzled after the most recent update to the Google mobile app causes links shared from the app to now be prepended with a mysterious "search.app" domain.

As the Google app is a popular portal for searching the web for Android users and delivers a personalized content news feed referred to as Google Discover, it has sparked concern among those who noticed the new links.

Ever since then, links viewed in Google's in-app Chromium browser, when shared externally, are being prepended with a "search.app" domain.

BleepingComputer noticed the behaviour shortly after updating our Google app and we admit, the sight of a mysterious domain left us alarmed at first. Was our device compromised by adware?

"Recently (few days ago), I noticed that each link shared from the Google in-app web browser uses the 'search.app' domain," asked Reddit user danilopiazza.

"For example, trying to share the link to the Reddit front Page, I get: https://search.app?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2F&utm_campaign=...&utm_source=..."

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