Bugs render Google Tez slow on launch day, hundreds give one-star rating

With the launch of Tez, Google will become the latest high-profile entry in India's digital payments space

Tez (fast), the India-specific payments app built by Google, turned slow on the first day of its launch on Monday, and this angered users, who complained that they could not sign up on the service.

Hundreds of users took to Twitter and other social networks to vent their displeasure, with a few of them even offering Tez a one-star rating on Google’s Play Store.

Within a few hours of its launch it had notched up close to 600 one-star ratings and only a little more than 700 five-star ratings.

A Google spokesperson told Business Standard that the large number of failed registrations were