Are any important things crammed into the Google app?
Are any important things crammed into the Google app?
I'm not sure about my phone, maybe I'd like to keep Google Lens, but on a TV box it seems completely unnecessary. Its identifier com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox also sounds like it shouldn't contain anything important for the working of a device, but who knows with Google. Is there anything unexpected that would stop working when uninstalling / disabling updates for this?
You should check out https://github.com/Universal-Debloater-Alliance/universal-android-debloater-next-generation Tldr. removing some of these apps are not neccesary while some are, but doing it manually is a big no from me.
Some links won't open, Gemini won't work and the quick search will become limited or unusable. Other than that I don't remember anything important. That app is definitely worth disabling
I've had the Google app disabled on my phone for years. I haven't had any issues