Google image search no longer working in iOS?

[DDustiNN]

It was just working yesterday, but now I can’t see Google image search results. It shows me the first page, but I can’t click on any of them. It just does nothing. And when scrolling down, all of the rest of the results are blank. And everything is unclickable.

Tried my iPad, same results. (EDIT: Also tried with Google Chrome on iPhone. Same results.)

What happened??

Example attached:

 

[dk001]

Crap!!!! WTH??
You are absolutely correct.
Works on neither my 8+ nor IPP.

Yet it works fine on my rMB (2015).

Update: if I request Desktop Mode on either it is working.

 

[C DM]

Something got mixed up on Google's end?

 

[dk001]

Something got mixed up on Google's end?

Good question.
Had a buddy try his "X - same issue.
Tried my Razer using Chrome - no problem.
A buddy's Note using a non-Chrome browser works fine.

So far seems to be limited to Safari when not in Desktop Mode.

Update: just saw an alert that some Google services are having issues, especially with mobile Safari.

 

[DDustiNN]

Good question.
Had a buddy try his "X - same issue.
Tried my Razer using Chrome - no problem.
A buddy's Note using a non-Chrome browser works fine.

So far seems to be limited to Safari when not in Desktop Mode.

Update: just saw an alert that some Google services are having issues, especially with mobile Safari.

I just tried it in Google Chrome on my iPhone X. Still the same issue.

So it seems to be iOS, not just Safari.
[doublepost=1540838823][/doublepost]Ah, just saw the update. Guess we just wait then.

 

[ApfelKuchen]

It's working for me (iPhone X, iOS 12.0.1).

I just tried it in Google Chrome on my iPhone X. Still the same issue.

So it seems to be iOS, not just Safari.

This is false reasoning. Google Search is provided by Google. It wouldn't matter what browser you used - if a feature is not available from Google (temporary service issue at Google), then it's not available. Period.

It's like if your local gas station had no fuel - it doesn't matter whether you're hoping to fill a Ford, Toyota, or Volkswagen - if there's no gas, there's no gas.

 

[dk001]

It's working for me (iPhone X, iOS 12.0.1).


This is false reasoning. Google Search is provided by Google. It wouldn't matter what browser you used - if a feature is not available from Google (temporary service issue at Google), then it's not available. Period.

It's like if your local gas station had no fuel - it doesn't matter whether you're hoping to fill a Ford, Toyota, or Volkswagen - if there's no gas, there's no gas.

You are saying every browser in iOS will fail...

It is working once again but loading slow ...

 

[D.T.]

Working in my X, iOS 12, using both Chrome and Safari, and on both a WiFi and Cell (LTE/Verizon) connections.

When you scroll down, and the pagination occurs, there is a little bit of latency, where there are colored blocks as image placeholders, but they load within ~1s.
[doublepost=1540839547][/doublepost]Maybe some issue where the image loading service is getting misrouted (due to regional DNS handling or something) ...


... or ghosts.

 

[DDustiNN]

It's working for me (iPhone X, iOS 12.0.1).


This is false reasoning. Google Search is provided by Google. It wouldn't matter what browser you used - if a feature is not available from Google (temporary service issue at Google), then it's not available. Period.

It's like if your local gas station had no fuel - it doesn't matter whether you're hoping to fill a Ford, Toyota, or Volkswagen - if there's no gas, there's no gas.

Yes, it is working now. You missed it.

And it was limited to iOS mobile. Read the thread. Worked fine on desktop, and Android, as seen above.

No need for silly analogies.

Anyway, problem seems to have been resolved. Mods feel free to lock this thread now.

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Yes, it is working now. You missed it.

And it was limited to iOS mobile. Read the thread. Worked fine on desktop, and Android, as seen above.

No need for silly analogies.

Anyway, problem seems to have been resolved. Mods feel free to lock this thread now.

I guess I misinterpreted when you said

So it seems to be iOS, not just Safari.

I thought you meant you thought there was something wrong with the OS, or Apple's support for Google, etc.

While that's certainly possible, it's far more likely that an issue of this sort would be a temporary one on Google's end - a crashed server-side process, or some such. Hence, my reflexive defense of Apple.

 

[KGB7]

Had this happen in the past on windows computer. The issue is with google servers.

It’s amazing, how quickly people blame Apple products for everything.

 

[dk001]

Had this happen in the past on windows computer. The issue is with google servers.

It’s amazing, how quickly people blame Apple products for everything.

Blame? No. I had normal image search on my Windows laptop, my rMB, and Razer. I had the issue on my 8+ and IPP.
Commonality was iOS.

 

[KGB7]

Blame? No. I had normal image search on my Windows laptop, my rMB, and Razer. I had the issue on my 8+ and IPP.
Commonality was iOS.

I’m sure there will be another law suit against Apple any minute now.



Give it few more minutes.... any moment now...lol

 

[ApfelKuchen]

Blame? No. I had normal image search on my Windows laptop, my rMB, and Razer. I had the issue on my 8+ and IPP.
Commonality was iOS.

Commonality could have been any given platform, as Google serves-up a variety of platform- and nationality-specific versions, any of which might have had a problem. I'm quite certain that when Google became aware of the issue, they began by troubleshooting their servers, not the iOS operating system.

The odds are incredibly in favor of something going wrong at Google. It's the way the web works, but that doesn't stop the conspiracy theorists. "There goes Apple, taking away something else I like!"

Maybe I'm overly sensitive to criticism of Apple, but to me the OP's headline suggests a tendency towards conspiracy theory. "Google image search no longer working in iOS?" Not an assumption that it's "temporarily down," but a suspicion that it will never work again. Only on an Apple forum!

 

[dk001]

Commonality could have been any given platform, as Google serves-up a variety of platform- and nationality-specific versions, any of which might have had a problem. I'm quite certain that when Google became aware of the issue, they began by troubleshooting their servers, not the iOS operating system.

The odds are incredibly in favor of something going wrong at Google. It's the way the web works, but that doesn't stop the conspiracy theorists. "There goes Apple, taking away something else I like!"

Maybe I'm overly sensitive to criticism of Apple, but to me the OP's headline suggests a tendency towards conspiracy theory. "Google image search no longer working in iOS?" Not an assumption that it's "temporarily down," but a suspicion that it will never work again. Only on an Apple forum!

While I agree with you I am looking at this from a users perspective (initially).
Google image search worked for me on:

• Windows 7 / IE & Chrome
• Windows 10 / IE
• Android / Stock Browser & Chrome
• Retina MacBook / Safari

Google image search did not work on:

• IIP / Safari
• iPhone 8+ / Safari
• OP also reported issue with iOS/Chrome

Barring Google saying there is an issue, and I checked Google (my initial thought), the commonality was iOS. As the feature/function worked on alternative platforms, the initial thought was "Safari on iOS" issue. The headline was initially correct but incorrect after all the facts came out. Maybe ask the OP to add "Solved" or something to the title?

 

[KGB7]

While I agree with you I am looking at this from a users perspective (initially).
Google image search worked for me on:

• Windows 7 / IE & Chrome
• Windows 10 / IE
• Android / Stock Browser & Chrome
• Retina MacBook / Safari

Google image search did not work on:

• IIP / Safari
• iPhone 8+ / Safari
• OP also reported issue with iOS/Chrome

Barring Google saying there is an issue, and I checked Google (my initial thought), the commonality was iOS. As the feature/function worked on alternative platforms, the initial thought was "Safari on iOS" issue. The headline was initially correct but incorrect after all the facts came out. Maybe ask the OP to add "Solved" or something to the title?

I have a simple solution.

Use Bing from now on. Better yet, use Yahoo.

 

[dk001]

I have a simple solution.

Use Bing from now on. Better yet, use Yahoo.

Oh hell no!
Bing and Yahoo are even less dependable.
Google is currently my best option.
Thanks anyway.