Fiber TV App Reviews

If the rest of Google’s products worked as good as this app they would be out of business - period! I have this app installed on a variety of iOS and Android devices and the results are the same. You might get three minutes of viewing before you get the dreaded “oops something went wrong.” You have to close out the app and restart it and then three minutes later it happens again. Not a WiFi issue at all, I am forced to use the broadcast provider’s app if I want to watch something on a particular network. If you can get this app to work longer than a few minutes it will only work on one streaming device at a time, within your home. I delete and reinstall this app from time to time to see if anything has changed...the answer is no. Don’t waste your time on this one.

We have 6 other iOS devices where this app works except for an iPad mini. For the record this app used to work on the device in question but has not done so recently. Tried to uninstall/reinstall the app, hard reset of the device, reset network settings, restore from back up, etc. The error message we get states to contact google customer service, and since they were no help, they actually stated to reach out to the app developer!!!

It’s really quite amazing how bad the search functionality is with this app (and Google Fiber itself). Example: The Oscars are tonight. I’m not home and wanted to record the show. Dare I try on e again to use this worthless app to find a show and record it? Oh, why not? I’ve got 29 minutes to kill. I found 14 “The Oscars” titles, NONE OF WHICH had any “upcoming airtimes” that I could set to record. I finally used the guide and just kept advancing hours until I found it. Why are there 14 “The Oscars” in the first place? Because Google wants you to know that there were Oscar ceremonies on TV in 1952 as well. Why does this matter? It doesn’t, but you still cannot find what you’re looking for and record it. What’s the point of a app like this? I dunno, ask every other cable provider. They seem to have their own issues, but finding a show that comes on TV six hours from now is not one of them. Google is exceptional at finding things. How can it be this horrible at the only task you’d need from an app like this? Answer: it’s okay. you have the same issues when searching from the Google Fiber set-top box

Even channels we are supposed to be able to stream will crash repeatedly

All my devices work on my home wifi network, except this one. Buffers constantly. No app for macos is also a gap. Dont waste your time with this app.

Search feature on this app is absolutely horrible. No results returned for a high profile show that is airing today?! This is probably the fifth time in the past month I’ve searched for a program and received no results. The only way to locate was to scroll through the TV guide until I got to the show’s date/time. The usability of search is also greatly lacking (the only way to back out is to use the back arrow a million times??); however, this would be mostly forgiven if I could at least get the results I’m looking for.

When wi-fi works, you can find all that’s interesting won’t play. However, if it’s a show few ppl care for then you can watch it thru the app. When you do find something to watch wi-fi works near the network box. If you carry the device to another room it buffers like crazy. Move it back near the box and you either have to close the app or restart device.. Not satisfied..

It’s incredibly ironic that Google has a product that can’t search well. It’s amazing to me that I have to use Google instead of the Fiber app just to figure out when shows will be on TV. The app seems to work fine for other things, but occasionally, I’m away from home and want to set up a recording by show name on the DVR. I’ll be danged if the app can find the show. It will show you 90 other shows/movies that are NOT going to be on TV in the foreseeable future. I’m not sure why that’s a feature. “This guy was in such-and-such movie in 1942, but it’s not on TV anytime that we can see.” Great. Thanks. Please fix the search. Make it work. You’re Google!

The app was working flawlessly until a couple of days ago. Now when you select speed test the test page opens fine. But when you tap the button to begin the test my screen goes blank and Im kicked out of the app on my iPhone 7 iOS v 10.3.3. Whats going on?

This is perhaps the most cheesy and unreliable app for tv ever. I used Dish and TWC with little to no issues. Google fiber app loses connection, or constantly tells me that streaming isnt available even though it is. Come on...really? This is the best you can do?

Google should even offer a streaming app if they dont have the content to stream. If you have so little available to stream, delete the app....I know I will.

I dont understand the complaints, the descriptionof the app clearly states not all channels are able to be streamed. Google obviously doesnt have a streaming agreement with those networks to save cost. App streams consitently and with good quality. If you keep losing connection then your wifi signal isnt good and you need to investigate further or completely close the app to purge any cache and relaunch. Ive had zero issues. It is much better than my previous providers app and Im no Google fanboy, but color me very impressed.

I was told by GF that like Time Warner app you can watch TV outside of your network, with co. App..to find out thats not the case, why even bother, fix it or get out of the app market. Disappointed GF

After how long? Still can not use outside of network ! Like taking a shower with a raincoat on.

You would think this would be an app worthy of the google brand. Not so much.

Wont let me ...oops this review didnt go as planned, what you were reading should have worked...terrible Google, just terrible.

Completely agree with other users who have commented on the streaming issues with this app. When we had a different cable/internet provider, we were able to stream every channel we had access to on our regular tv. With this app, only a fraction of the channels are streamable, via the app, on mobile devices. MAJOR downside. Plus, whenever we are streaming a channel on a mobile device, it frequently reloads and then, after a few minutes of viewing, it stops and a message appears with "Sorry things didnt go as planned… Try again what you were doing and it should work. If you continue to have issues please contact Google Fiber Customer support." Updating the software on the mobile devices, restarting the device, restarting the app, etc. has done nothing to resolve the issue. Expected this app to at least be of the same caliber as our former providers app, but this one has been a MAJOR disappointment since day one. With all of the latest technology Google employs, one would think Google would be on its A-Game, but sadly, it majorly falls short.

There is a major bug in this app where when during streaming live television after around two or three minutes it stalls and then stops streaming. Otherwise the app its more or less fine its just unusable. Using this as a guide to control your television content is probably a better use case, however I would love to watch TV on my iPad. Please fix google?

Wont let me set my TV channels. Only allows me to stream on my phone. Cant change the setting. Useless.

...that the TV Fiber interface worked as well as this app!