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Help us make Google better for everyone

Your feedback is important to us.

Whether you use Google products or not, we’d love to hear your feedback. Sign up to participate in our consumer research and influence how our teams improve products that millions of people use every day.

If your profile is a fit for one of our upcoming user studies, you’ll be the first to try new offerings or features in products such as Google Maps.

Everyone who participates in a volunteer study will get a gift card or a donation to their favourite charity as a token of our thanks.

Tell us a little about yourself by filling in a questionnaire to help us determine if an upcoming research study would be a good fit for you.

Participate

If your profile fits, we’ll send a follow-up questionnaire and details about next steps, including time and research method.

Get rewarded

Enjoy a gift card or a donation to your favourite charity as a token of our thanks. We’ll tell you what the reward will be in advance.

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What kind of participants are you looking for.

All kinds. You don’t need to be a Google user, computer expert or technology enthusiast to sign up. Anyone who is over the age of 18 and has ever used the Internet in any way can join the programme.

How soon will you contact me?

We want to make sure that the studies that you participate in are a good fit for you. That’s why we can’t guarantee that everyone who applies will end up participating. If we do contact you, it may not be straight away because we will be waiting for a study that’s a good match. We may contact you at any point as long as you remain registered.

If I sign up, will you send me spam or sell my information to other companies?

No. All the information that you provide is kept confidential in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy . We only use it to help us find suitable participants for our research studies. We, or an outside agency working on our behalf, would only contact you if we wanted to invite you to participate in a study or needed to clarify some information that you provided.

Why does Google collect my personal information such as ethnicity, gender and disabilities?

Google seeks to design inclusive product experiences for everyone. To do this well, it’s important for us to get feedback from everyone. We collect this information to ensure an inclusive and diverse participant pool that is representative of our society. All of these questions are optional and your information is kept confidential in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy .

I signed up, but I’ve decided that I don’t want to participate. How do I opt out?

You can opt out at any time by completing the opt-out form .

Participating in a study

What exactly will i be doing in these studies.

Google runs a variety of study types. You may be invited to participate in any of the following studies:

Remote usability study

In these studies, we’ll gather your feedback via a screen-sharing session with a researcher where you may be asked questions or provide feedback about a process or design. You can be almost anywhere in the world, but you’ll need to have a high-speed Internet connection.

Giving feedback at a Google office

This works best for people who live close to one of our offices. Typically, you’ll meet one-on-one with a Google Researcher who’ll ask you some questions about your experiences with our products or technology in general.

To keep everyone safe during COVID-19, please check the invitation from your Google contact for relevant information on entering a Google office. You can reply directly to your invitation with any questions.

Long-form study

These studies require a small amount of activity every day for several days or weeks. Google researchers will ask you to respond to questions or take notes based on your experience using a product.

For these studies, we’ll simply send you a survey form to fill in. Please note that we don’t typically offer a gift for participating in a survey.

Thank-you gift

What is a 'thank you gift'.

This is Google’s way of providing a gift as a way of saying thanks to people who participate in research studies, to help improve our products and experiences.

When will I receive my gift?

If your session is eligible for a thank you gift, you should receive it three to five working days after completing your session. Please note that not all study participants will receive a thank you gift.

PSA: You can sign up for Google's research program, give feedback on products

The program's initiative involves users giving feedback on Google products they use.

What you need to know

Google's User Experience Research program lets users give feedback on products.
The program aims to improve Google products that users utilize daily.
Users are required to sign up with a lengthy questionnaire.

Google is constantly seeking help from its consumers to create more helpful products. To help do this, the company has a research program that lets users share their feedback on the products they use to help the search giant know and improve them better.

The program is labeled " Google User Experience Research ," which isn't new by any means but the company is seemingly always looking for new users to participate. It asks users to sign up and for research studies and with the hopes that they'll share feedback on Google products and features.

Assume the users fill in the criteria for an upcoming study by Google. In that case, they'll receive a follow-up questionnairel including the next steps. As part of the process, there is a registration form for signing up.

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The required details for those interested candidates participating in the research include name, email, phone number, birth date, city, and the country users live in.

Before signing up, participants (who should be at least 18 or above of age) are also required to agree to specific terms and conditions, such as agreeing to share personal data, including parameters mentioned above, to Google, which can be used as part of the survey or send some follow-up questionnaire, invitations, and so on.

The signing-up process additionally includes a series of questions about users' work and place of work, amongst others, out of which some may be mandatory. Moving further brings the Google products page showcasing all the essential products from Google, involving Gmail , Meet, Docs, Keep, Drive , and more.

It also asks what kind of devices the participants regularly use, such as Pixel devices like the Pixel 7 . Although, it is not mandatory to answer that question. However, the questionnaire later asks what you're using as a primary phone.

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The options here comprise all the prominent OEM makers in the industry that make the best Android devices next to Apple. The list also includes discontinued phone brands like HTC and Blackberry.

After patiently answering the numerous questions (all are not mandatory, as suggested earlier) about Google products, digital assistants, and Android devices the participants use; Google acknowledges the participants and assures them that they will further be contacted via email provided for relevant research opportunities.

Lastly, signing up involves more than just users sharing feedback on the products they use. Google teases that participants may be offered a sneak peek into new Google products and features next to certain rewards they could receive.

"Once your participation is complete, you'll get a small thank-you gift like a gift card or a donation to your favorite charity."

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Vishnu is a freelance news writer for Android Central. Since 2018, he has written about consumer technology, especially smartphones, computers, and every other gizmo connected to the internet. When he is not at the keyboard, you can find him on a long drive or lounging on the couch binge-watching a crime series.

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