Productivity · Note Taking & WritingstructuralMobileUXSAAS

Notion Mobile App Degrades Over Time: Forced AI Search Breaks Basic Navigation

Notion's mobile app has become progressively worse with forced AI search replacing the standard search function, making it impossible to click into found pages. Quick-add widgets stopped working, removing the primary reason many users kept the app installed. Users report no improvements — only regressions — in recent releases.

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