Links Don't Work

[themagician8]

Whenever I click on a website link in an email or especially Google Assistant, it opens Chrome, but doesn't to to the page.
It just opens to the last page I visited.
Please help.
Thanks!

 

[B. Diddy]

Is there a setting to open the links within the app (i.e., using the app's own basic browser)? For the Google app, open it, tap Menu>Settings>Accounts & Privacy, and turn on the "Open web pages in app" switch.

 

[themagician8]

I don't see anything like that in Google Assistant or the Gmail app.
And it's been on in thr Google app, but it does the same thing. It tries to open the page in Chrome, goes there, but reverts back to the last page I browsed.

 

[B. Diddy]

Google Assistant is part of the Google app, so are you saying that when you went to the Google app's settings (as I described above), it's already set to "Open web pages in app"?

In the Gmail app, tap Menu>Settings>General Settings, and turn on the checkbox for "Open web links in Gmail."

This obviously won't solve the issue with Chrome, but I'm just trying to determine if it's a problem with Chrome, or with how the system is handling links in general.

 

[themagician8]

Yes. The "open web links in Gmail" setting is checked, but tries to open in Chrome, but just goes to last page browsed. And I can no longer find a setting in either Google App or Assistant thag says " open web pages in app". Google App seems to only "settings" for Google Assistant now with nothing about opening anything.

 

[WallaceD]

Have you tried rebooting your phone?

If so, have you tried force closing and disabling Chrome then re-enabling?

 

[B. Diddy]

In the Google app's menu, what do you see if you tap Accounts & Privacy (under the Search heading, not the Google Assistant heading)?

It's also worth wiping the cache partition: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-24999

 

[themagician8]

Ok, so I think I got it sorted out...
I went into Gmail & Google app settings
and UNCHECKED "open in app".
Now it opens the links in email and Google assistant in Chrome.
With the boxes checked... it doesn't open them in the app or in Chrome.

Thanks for your help Diddy.

 

[B. Diddy]

Oh, my mistake -- I thought you wanted to open them within the app, and not in Chrome!