Google "detected unusual traffic" message on iPhone

When I opened Google with Safari(using iPhone), this message appeared "Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network" but my PC doesn't have this problem.

And I don't use VPN.

I don't know why this happens.



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Posted on Aug 24, 2020 2:27 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2021 12:05 PM

Settings, Safari, Advanced, Experimental Features, and turn on HTTP/3 and this stopped the “Google detected unusual traffic” captcha for me after doing some research it appears that Google uses HTTP/3 and some carriers are not on board with this yet and so Google thinks you’re a robot, I hope this helps.

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Oct 18, 2020 5:47 AM in response to _Cecelia111

Maybe it’s too late but sharing an update. Happened to me few days back...no chance at all search anything via Safari on Google. Always did pop up message with Unusual traffic, not even able to pass Captcha as after verification another Captcha request appeared. Cleared history and website data, checked for Malware... nothing. So last try was restart iPhone and log in to my Google account and whoala!! Everything works fine and no message anymore. /iPhone X, O2 UK

Jan 5, 2021 3:19 PM in response to Julia8219

Again have you tried going to safari, advanced, experimental features, and turning on HTTP/3 because for me on AT&T network where I live I consistently get “Google detected unusual traffic from your computer network” but the second I turned that on from a friends recommendation sure enough the block went away also though to solve getting those issues you could always just sign into Google and that also stopped Google from thinking I was a robot.

Jan 4, 2021 8:30 AM in response to HunterRaze

None of these solutions worked for me. It seems to be the way that Siri is sending search results to open Youtube.


It works if I tell Siri "Look on youtube for..." and it displays a grid of videos to click.


If I just click the Siri search result after saying "hey siri...i have this question..." then click whatever link there for a youtube, then it doesn't work, every time. I have tried all the suggestions to fix it. It is something in the way that the search is being sent from the Siri result, through google, to the youtube page.


I'd love to see more complaints about this, it does seem to be an apple issue in the way searches are being redirected from the Siri result to open a youtube search result from Siri.


It has nothing to do with location or device, it happens on multiple friends' ipads and iPhones I've tried, and happens whether or not I'm using Wifi or cellular and happens from multiple locations on cellular and wifi.

Jan 9, 2021 10:24 AM in response to HunterRaze

There is no "experimental features" under Safari>advanced in my iPhone. Also this has nothing to do with Siri. At least on my phone. I've always kept Siri turned off. Siri drains my battery at an exponential rate & causes the phone to not charge correctly. I finally solved this problem entirely though. I bought an Android. I've owned several generations of iPhone since the very beginning but I'll never own an Apple product again. I've beome less & less of a fan of iPhones ever since iOS 6. When they got rid of the iPod app for the "music app" & started randomly deleting my music that was ripped from CDs I own & randomly deleteing my album art to replace with their incorrect album art. Now I've had enough. Good luck with their inferior products.

Jan 28, 2021 11:32 AM in response to HunterRaze

After many discussions with my VPN host, turning it on and off, all of the above suggestions etc etc, HunterRaze’s suggestion fixed this for me... it’s been about a week and no Google reCAPTCHA message, which was only happening on my iPhone and not PC or iPad. Just before this started I had dowloaded my latest iOS 14.4 update and my phone loads slower, I’m not sure if this has anything to do with it.

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