Google Device Policy 4+

I had this app for not even 24 hours and it was working fine until my camera was removed. I couldn’t find it anywhere on my phone. I search and looked up ways to bring back my camera but it turns out that THIS app hid my camera and I was no longer able to use it. At All! It took a bit of searching until I got a notification that website was trying to access information on my device. I was really disappointed because being able to work in my phone to finish up assignments was convenient. I uninstalled this app and other google apps because I don’t want to be blocked from using my phones other features and applications. I had high hopes for this app. I like that I could access everything I needed from one area but oh well.

I will give this app 5 star for functionality but 1 star for usability.

Once it’s properly configured, it works great, but configuring it took me some time and effort since the UI is very user-unfriendly. At the end of profile installation, there is a line of text on the screen saying something like copying the URL to Safari. I was switching to a new iPhone, I think the text might even be cut off or something on the screen. I was expecting simply clicking some buttons in the installation/configuration process and therefore totally missed the text for a manual operation. I ended up in some kind of weird incomplete installation loop for a couple of days until I finally read the text and did that manual operation. Reading some user feedback, I think that’s probably what’s tripped some other users as well. Please make that manual operation more apparent!

Hope this can help some people.

This is my personal phone as I am a highschool student. I do not have the ability to purchase a separate phone for completing my work. I used Google Classroom on my device to upload pictures of homework, notes, and drawings as it is easier to take photos using my phone than the school issued computer. I also used google drive to upload audio recordings for my music class. This app prevents me from using these applications. When I was in the process of downloading this app, it was telling me that the administrator would have access to my information on my phone. I don’t care whether it’s my personal account or my school account, the idea of my school having weight in my PERSONAL device made me very, very uncomfortable. This has made uploading recordings and files finicky as I had to remove my apps I have relied on for the majority of my school career. It renders these apps utterly useless. Please read the other reviews people have left on this app.