Why Google Keep is so GREAT! (Deep Dive)
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- Опубликовано: 23 июл 2024
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This video explores why Google Keep, with its clean interface, strong Google ecosystem integration, and core features like location-based reminders and drawing, is a surprisingly powerful note-taking app for Android users who value simplicity and efficiency.
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Timestamps
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0:00 - Intro
1:00 - Google's "Simple Services" Era
1:37 - Core Functions
4:07 - Integration with Google Services
5:01 - Efficiency & Speed
5:30 - Best Use Cases
7:14 - Closing 
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I use it constantly. Its simple, yet with just enough options to make it functional without any un necessary bloat.
Can't even add a table there. 😂
Google Keep has been amazing, the only thing that I would like to have is the option to lock individual notes
Facts I've been saying that for years.
I hope it gets more features like that
@@alexneil1078 Ive also wanted this feature
The reason I switched to one note....
Individual notes and the app for that matter...needs biometric lock
Glad to see another Keep user out there! I have been using it since its launch.
Same
Me too
I love using Google keep. I just wish the sort function was based on modified dates so that I can have my most recently opened/modified notes at the top.
I have some levels of ADHD and always struggle from completing tasks. After using several apps, I ended up with Google Keep. I make a separate note for each day the night before, and pin that note as a widget on to my phone screen. This note contains a set of tasks for the morning, afternoon and evening, sometimes location based. Every time I unlock my phone, I will be welcomed with the Huge google keep widget.
Hope you all enjoy the video!! Google keep gang rise up 😂
Watching the video while tinkering with my Keeps app to explore the new features and functions I didn't know existed 😆 Thanks Jordan 👊🏾👊🏾
@@eddienyagah im glad it helped =)
Keep has been my main note taking app since it launched. There's really nothing like it, especially since a lot of apps require subs or payment and are overly complicated.
Thanks for pointing out the Google Keep Chrome extension.
it’s amazing. sync it and it can be access anywhere in any device. simple and easy to use
I use it every night when I'm laying in bed to update my list of things to be done then follow day or whenever I can get to them.
Wondering why you prefer Keep over Tasks for this specific use case?
@@Manuel-rl6um honestly never tried tasks. Installing now. Notes are always just super easy and casual it seems.
The only 3 changes I'd make to this App to make it totally amazing would be to add the ability to create sublabels, link a note to a calendar event/ have a note show up as a calendar event, and allow for the ability to have different text structures in one note where I want them. For example, a checkbox section, then a photo with text under it, then checkboxes again.
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great app, but i hate that the delete note button is hidden under the 3 dots on the top right. So stupid. just put it right there next to Pin button on the screen when you touch and hold a Note. Also we need the feature where you can lock notes with a pin or fingerprint
I've been Keep'n for about seven-ish years now! Love the program. At first, I hardly used it and borderline forgot about it. The past few years, I've used it much more and continue to think of more ways for me to use the program!
I've been using Samsung phones for many years now but Google Keep is my go-to note taking app. Glad to see there's a bunch of us out there using this as our main note app.
Thank you! Just started using and great to learn there is so much more ✌️
Thanks! I have never used it or even known what it was for. Looks useful and I am going to give it a try now.
Keep works so well for me. Especially the label feature. I have a bunch of different labels; Personal, Work, Tech, Bicycle, Medical, Home (Repair). I like that I just have simple notes with images for things I do as a technician (wiring and so on).
Well, I most of the time use keep to make a shopping check list. Besides, I use the notification based reminder very frequently. I note down important event like going to buy books after few days, or having a picnic or program after a week, and set continuous reminder before the event to get myself fully prepared before the event. Also, keep small important notes related to study, which I can find right away by searching the note.
I used it to write my diary and it was nice and easy to organize and even quicky export to Google docs as 1 pdf. I just hope it has the option to put them in chronological order cuz so far when you copy to docs the ordering goes in reverse where the recent days are first. Overall a good feature tho.
For 95% of people, Google keep will be the best notes and productivity app they use even if it's not the only one they need
This app has been on my dock for years. There are things I wish it could do, but it's such a fantastic simple little app
Recently switched from alexa to google. Used to do my shopping list with Bring. But there is no connection from google to bring. How well does it work with google to keep a shopping list?
Another great deep dive video! I have used Keep for years and I love it!
For me the problem with it is that #1 the app doesn't remember where i left a particular note, so let's say i have a note that's a very long list, in samsung notes when i leave the note and re-enter it later the app takes me to where i left off in the list and i don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom from the top again, that's not the case with keep, every time i open the note it takes me back to the top.
#2 the notes appear too big in the main menu
The only thing that keeps me from switching to samsung notes is that keep syncs my notes to my google account which is important for me
I just started using it just to voice type quick ideas that popped into mine haven't really fully immersed into the app. Can anybody expand any possibilities with this app
i love it, thanks for letting me know about the chrome extension
I've been using it for a month on my Samsung, and it's so much simpler to use. Looks really neat and fast. Just wish there were folders
Please tell me how can i add to google keep notes new background wallpapers like these 1:53
I was confused too it looks like those are just the light-themed backgrounds
Google Tasks available in Keep later this year?
I use it without issue and it does what's intended but I do wish there were more font options.
If u search a word, keep can't locate the ture location in keep compare to ios default note app
I love the fac that you can still acess all your notes 📝 even if you lost or change ur phone 📱
so frustrated with this google asssitant and gemini thing. i dont know what to make of it. i ask to take a note or a reminder and gemini cant do it and i dont know what to do to get the assisitant to do it.
I kid you not, this Gemini, google assistant and incredibly useless bixby (I used to have a Samsung) pushed me to Apple. I love android and I’m pretty sure I’ll be back in a few years but it was just so confusing and frustrating.
The problem is that I’m getting far too cosy in their ecosystem 😅
@@Rinnara21 i agree. I havent gotten rid of my SAmsung S23 Ultra yet but i am very close to getting an Iphone later this year. i know once i cross over to the darkside i will not be coming back to Google or any Android phones. i wish Google would just get it together ASAP!
I love it, it's simple to use and syncs across all my devices.
Keep notes is one of the best existing google apps.
You forgot the OCR function of Keep. It’s super convenient, too.
Using Google keep notes for years now. Thousands of notes later it is super SLOW.
Can't move notes in bulk to other applications.
Any solutions?
Which pen are you using with your pixel fold?
Thats the zfold 5 actually! Taking a small break from my pixel fold as I finalize my thoughts for a long term review 😄
@@jordanintheknow ok, TY
I love it, but I would love a lock to some notes
I use Google Keep for a lot of different things. This app is definetly part of my everyday apps
I wish google can add the lock feature it will be really helpful
Perfect note taking app for me. Use it on a daily basis.
The integration with Google home is also really good for shopping lists if you want to share them with someone else.
I use google keep a lot and it's following me in all my devices
It's great and all but there's one feature it lacks: the ability to allow a user search specific words in a note.
I'm an Apple Notes user, but I will often use Keep for very quick "sticky" notes. Just like Apple notes, the simplicity is underrated and is not bloated with other nonsense.
Keep up the great videos!
hope they add a password protected note
Google keep plays a big part in organising my life.
Love that Google Keep is getting some love these days... Really would like Tasks & Keep to merge some day soon...
Google Keep is definitely the best. It may not have many options, but regardless, I use it the most out of all note taking apps (OneNote for stylus and Samsung Notes for PDF editing).
There are still lots of features we cant use in Europe yet.
Im in Spain and the generate list doesn't work for me,.
Pixel 8 Pro user
Love Grab text. Even works with handwriting
One complaint I have is the letter limit I did hit a couple of times I wish they would make it a bit bigger
Adding colour to text is a feature I need.
Saya masih memakai Google Keep sampai dengan saat ini. Bahkan, coretan tangan keponakan saya 8 tahun yang lalu masih tersimpan dengan baik, walaupun saya sudah beberapa kali berganti smartphone. Terima kasih Google Keep!
Have started using Google Keep more over the past couple of months or so. It's not bad actually. I like it's simplicity and the ability to collaborate so easily. I wish it worked a little better with Talkback on longer notes because if you are reading through a long note every time you return to it you are pushed back to the top again. I also wish we could have nesting notes or some kind of folder structure. The labels feature is not adequate enough for me.
You're right about labels, they're inadequate. It badly needs a folder structure.
Labels limit of 50 is super inadequate!
My second most used app/service from Google (Gmail app/service being the most used one)
Plus Keep made my life so much easier through the years, no matter my device I always had full access to it, no stupid eco system exclusive apps (looking at you Apple and Samsung) or subscriptions.
Which makes me fear Google is going to kill it at some point, or change it so much it becomes bad and that in the end will kill it.
Knock on wood they just leave it, it's such a great and complete product already.
It has been my only note app across android and Windows.
Keep is my jam! I do need to clean it out every couple years though. So much ADD info dumping 😬😁
The issue is whether Google Keep has a real future. Google recently stated that they will transfer reminders to Google Tasks, without necessarily being clear about the roadmap for Google Keep.
6:51 literally why I love it. It's simple and it works. I've tried moving to One Note and I honestly find it quite bewildering at times.
I use keep for notes and reminders, but I use tick tick for my tasks and habit tracking. I have been toying with amplenote recently which has a full GTD brain dump system in it, but the other two have easier input with tick tick working from your notifications and keep working with assistant.
Been using google keep since 2014 and hopefully they don’t kill this one.
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I personally use docs for note taking because it has more features
You totally forgot the best features: grab image text and transcript audio notes 😮
Only complaint I have is to be able to sort according to latest modified
There should be an option to lock editing to avoid accidental touch and messing up. And also to lock notes
Hoping they can add features like palm rejection on drawing mode
If you want to make pdf annotations you can upload the pdf to google books and highlight text and write notes for it there, and then it will make it into a google docs document for you.
I use it a ton for sure
Colornote is my fav note taking app.
I really like Google keep. It's really simple and I've been using it for years now. My biggest gripe with the app is how laggy the animation is when you hit the plus button it's been that way on all of the Android devices I've used
Only thing I would want is the option to lock certain notes with biometrics just like Samsung does
I use Keep, but the things that bother me are that it keeps all the pictures in the notes on top, not in between notes, which is annoying when I make workflows in the tech industry. Also, I can't import small videos, both things Apple Notes can do, by the way.
Great video! The only reason I don't use Google keep is because it doesn't have a lock within the app. I like to lock certain notes with a password. Yes I can download app that would lock the whole app but I rather have it offered within the app like other note apps.
Wear OS integration is amazing too
Indeed underated
I didn't know about the location feature
O guess a more vibrant color pallete to show off the black font more clearly would be nice
Great video 😊👍😊
No doubt about it. It's one of the most valuable Google service to me! I can't remember since when I've been using this. It's the bestest note taking apps.
I've been using this for ages.
I love Google Keep . I have been using it since 2011. Was going to died when Google had plans to cancel it. Glad that smarter minds said No to that.
Always using Keep. Great app
It's my only note taking app. I'd love to see Mardown support and an API to integrate into non-Google services.
Functionality-wise Notion beats it for me, but I literally use it on a daily basis JUST because it's so simple and lightweight.
The only thing I wish they had is a way to lock notes that have passwords etc
Love Keep! It's a keeper.
It needs to become what Apple notes is. Right now it's not a one stop shop for all things document. Integrating Lens in keep for OCR, creating PDF, hyoerlinking notes, perhaps also mindmap templates and Google recorder for voice to text lectures, meetings etc. will help a great deal.
we need a built in lock for keep notes
Google Keep.... in One Word.. BRILLIANT.
I agree with all that you have said. I have also used Keep for 11 years since its inception. I have a ton of notes saved web pages, and RUclips videos. I have so much that I can't get to them. Unlike Google Photos, one can not search or filter by Creation Date or Modified Date or filter a given month from past years. It takes forever to Page down or Cursor down in the Reverse Chronological Keep on a desktop(because you have to wait while the screen is redrawn -even on fast computers and fast internet speeds). Google could easily make date searches available like they have always done in Google Photos. While these dates exist for each note, Google hides access to them. I never understood why Google has refused to make these basic DATE features available. Until Google allows these basic date features, most of my Google Keep Notes are unavailable. Howard
Google keep saved my work many times
if Google Keep has 100 fans, I'm one of them. if Google Keep has 10 fans, I'm one of them. if Google Keep has no fans, I'm dead.
I have an iPhone and an Apple Watch and I use google keep simply because there’s NO NOTES APP on the watch!!!!!! BUT, there’s Google Keep for my watch so if I leave with just my watch (which I often do) I can still check grocery list and all that
I use iPhone and Apple Watch too and I have my groceries list on my reminders app and add items there through the watch. If I leave my phone at home I’m still able to see and click on items using my watch.
Only thing I wished it had was the ability to lock notes. Other than that its perfect for me.
2 limitations you can’t add pdfs and you can’t record a meeting
I've tried Keep a nunber of times. I get that Google wants to keep it simple but it's missing too many basic features for me to use it. Formatting text and inserting images really needs to be better.
Is it better than Apple Note given it has the scientific calculator integration right now?
Not even close. Apple notes still has other features like being able to annotate pdfs, lock notes, scan document's. Although it is also only available on apple products, so that is a down fall. If apple notes was available cross platform, it's game over.