Connecting Google to BrainO
Two buttons. That's the whole job. Here's what you'll see and why, so nothing on Google's screen puts you off.
Straight up: Google shows a warning when you connect BrainO. It says the app "isn't verified" and it looks scary on purpose. We're building our own search and our own tools, so we haven't paid Google to bless ours. The warning is Google's, not a fault in your account or ours. You click through it once.
The two buttons
- Press Connect Google in BrainO. Google opens and asks which account. Pick yours.
- Google shows "Google hasn't verified this app". Press Advanced (small text, bottom left), then Go to BrainO (unsafe). "Unsafe" is Google's word for "we haven't checked it". Nothing unsafe happens.
- Google lists what BrainO is asking for. Press Allow. You're back in BrainO and it says connected.
What we take, and what we never touch
- We take: read-only access to your calendar and contacts (so your BrainO team can book you in and keep your list), and for businesses, read access to your Google Search Console (so we can see which of your pages Google keeps and fix the ones it skips).
- We never see your Google password. Google hands us a key for those jobs only; you can pull it any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
- We never send email as you, post as you, or read your Gmail. Not asked for, not possible with the key you give.
- Everything sits in your own vault in BrainO, encrypted, and goes when you disconnect.
If Google says "access blocked"
That's Google refusing the connection for accounts it hasn't put on our tester list yet. Tell us from your dashboard (Support) with the email you used and we add you the same day; then the two buttons work.
See it done
Short walk-throughs and the written handbook for every part of the system: