Android Oreo Smart Text Selection not working

[NunoSEN2]

I found out that I just can't get the Smart Text Selection of Android Oreo to work, I have selected all kind of texts (phone numbers, names, adresses, web sites, emails) but I am never given the option of a shortcut to a relevant app.

Can this be because my system language is Portuguese, or is this another bug of the Oreo update?

Anyone facing the same issue?

Another thing that I found out is that the magnifying glass that apeared when long pressing the cursor on a text is gone, did we loose it with the Oreo update?

[Uliwooly]

@NunoSEN2

You might want to clear the app data 

you can test this > open chrome > open a website > select part of a text > you will get a Google bar at the bottom > you have to allow it

Touch to search sends the selected word and the current page as a context to Google Search. You can turn it off in Settings. 

NO THANKS ALLOW

[NunoSEN2]

@uliwooly;

What app shall I clear the data from? I think The Smart Text Selection is a function of the Android system.

Also the thing you told me to test works ok, but that is not the Smart Text Selection.

[Uliwooly]

@NunoSEN2

You are right, that was just Google Search not Smart Text Selection, I'll look into it .

[NunoSEN2 · Accepted solution]

Update;

I can confirm that after the today update (47.1.A.12.34) the Smart Text Selection function of Oreo is now working.