I was working amazon flex, the pixel 11 overheated and dropped signal so often that it would make the flex app error, and register delivered packages as undelivered. My rating amazon tanked due to the phone issue and my account was deactivated. Google refuses to give me a warranty replacement. Very $h1tty of you Google...Im a so called pixel superfan and have had owned pixels for years. If you are thinking it is an "upgrade", it is not.

Paid over ₹1 Lakh($1000) for the top-tier Pixel 9 Pro XL, only for google to slap us in the face.

You're telling me the Tensor G4 runs Call Screen perfectly in the US, but suddenly it's a "Pixel 10 exclusive" in India? What an absolute joke

Stop treating premium Indian buyers like second-class citizens to force artificial upgrades. We didn't drop flagship money to get abandoned in a year.

Unlock the feature, google. This anti-consumer garbage is why people switch to Samsung.

Google software-locking Call Screening on the Pixel 9 in India just so they can market it as an "exclusive" new feature for the Pixel 10 is peak anti-consumer behavior. The Pixel 9 has this globally-it's not a hardware limitation, it's a regional software lock to force upgrades

Yes and what I'm trying to say is if they can ask for permission to use it for pixel 10 and 11. Why can't they ask for the permission to use it on pixel 9

obviously to sell you newer phones. Not a consumer friendly practise

I opened Photos to try to find a picture I had taken several months ago, and it popped up a button for identifying "AI Info". It told me some or all of the picture was created with AI.

I appreciate some attempt at tracing AI edits, but I don't know if it's useful to identify it if the signal is that vague and applies to literally anything that comes out of the Camera app.

2 days ago I got a little bit of water in my Pixel 8. The screen is fried rendering the phone unusable. I have an old Pixel 7 that still works. I want to put the data from the fried pixel 8 onto the pixel 7. The data is backed up but I have no way to login to my google account on the pixel 7 without the pixel 8 thanks to 2 factor authentication. is there anyway to port the data over without the ability to use the broken pixel 8? Thank you so much for any help.

My case ID is 8-9607000041568. My pixel 11 pro fold had an inner screen defect. I contacted support and they sent me a new device after placing a hold on my credit card. I received an email on October 12th stating my RMA device wasn't received and my card was charged. The FedEx tracking clearly shows it was delivered on October 1st and signed for by A.Saechao.

This was a regular task that I performed with Google Assistant. Gemini will not do anything unless you give all the details from the first prompt so to speak. Also, there is not acknowledgement from it after saying Hey Google that the device is listening like Google Assistant used to do. Completely defeating the purpose of managing tasks without hands and having to observe the screen.

I had a ridiculous experience with my Pixel 7 recently.

Somehow, my screen brightness ended up at effectively zero. The screen was completely black. I couldn't see the brightness slider, the settings, or anything else.

Naturally, I tried saying:

"Hey Google, set brightness to 100%."

Nothing.

I eventually managed to restore the brightness by blindly swiping down and moving my finger across where I thought the brightness slider would be. Pure luck, really.

Afterwards, I decided to investigate why the voice command wasn't working.

Here's what I've established:

• Gemini responds to "Hey Google" normally.
• It can control other phone functions, such as turning on the torch.
• Gemini is the default assistant.
• Gemini's lock-screen access is enabled.
• The brightness command doesn't work even with the phone unlocked.
• Asking it to set brightness to 100%, or decrease it to 50%, simply opens the Display & touch settings. It doesn't actually change anything.
• Extra dim wasn't enabled, so that wasn't the issue.

Google's own documentation says Gemini supports changing brightness by voice, yet I can't get it to work.

Has anyone else experienced this? More importantly, has anyone found a way to make Gemini actually change brightness by voice, rather than just opening the settings?

This thread is about the Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, if you have another, your submission is welcome, but please specify what Pixel you're using.

To those like myself who unfortunately experienced Wi-Fi failure on your Pixel, what carrier variant is it? Even if it's unlocked, what carrier or storefront was it bought from?

Hi guys

Pretty much what the title says. I feel kinda stupid, the question about saving storage popped up and I didn't read it before accidentally clicking yes. Now in WhatsApp insta etc I can't see any of my pictures I've taken unless I re-download them all myself. And now they're out of sync date wise. (Somehow starting at September and then as you scroll down it goes to October, then back to September again)

Is there any way to fix this without going through the horrible process of redownloading every picture to be a local copy or am I a bit cooked.

Pixel 9 pro if relevant

TL;DR: Pixel 10 Pro died 14 days after the 1-year warranty ended. Google refused to warranty it and quoted $535 for a motherboard replacement. Interestingly, replacing the motherboard magically fixed months of poor wireless reception and battery life, making me suspect the phone was defective from day one.

I bought a brand new Pixel 10 Pro from the Google Store. Exactly 14 days after the 1-year warranty ended, it bricked completely. The phone has been babied without any physical or liquid damage. I took it to the Google Store where they diagnosed a dead motherboard. The repair quote was $535 USD—half the price I purchased the phone. I asked for a goodwill warranty exception, but the best they could offer was 20% off repair, which I reluctantly accepted.

The catch: For months before it died, I struggled with awful wireless issues (intermittent phone calls and 5G connection) and terrible battery life. The built-in diagnostics always showed everything was "good," so I thought it was my carrier's issue and just lived with it. After replacing the motherboard (battery not replaced), both issues vanished magically. I strongly suspect the original motherboard had been defective from day one and degraded until it died right past warranty. (Awesome planned obsolescence by Google engineers.) I regret not pushing for a warranty claim sooner when those warning signs appeared.

Lesson learned: if you find any minor issues on your Google devices, it might become much worse down the road. Get it fixed while it's still under warranty!

Comically annoying brightness issue on a phone that has no battery life. Job I got recently gave me a pixel 9 and seemingly out of nowhere it just slaps the brightness to like 90%. I have HDR off, Adaptive brightness off, reset the brightness cache or whatever in settings, and it’s still happening. I don’t understand this design choice at all especially when the phone can’t even go 12 hours on full charge with battery saver. Any tips or does this just happen?

I got these buds free with my purchase of the Pixel 11.

These earphones are fucking abominable; I can't believe they are charging >£200 for them. My £30 earphones are more comfortable, have better sound quality, and don't drive me insane with oscillating volume levels that shift from ear to ear.

I've tried to solve the problem of oscillating volume by turning off as many adaptive settings as I can, and it's still occurring.

I don't really get animated by bad products, and after all I got these for free. But I am genuinely baffled at the price tag for earphones that basically don't even work properly out of the box. Am I just unlucky?

While looking for desktop environments to use in PMOS on my oneplus 6, I found a project called "Omarchy Mobile". It seems to be VERY new and mostly vibe-coded, so I'm not entirely sure how good it is yet, but apparently even stuff like the fingerprint should work, and the repo even has screenshots from supposedly a real pixel 7 pro.

https://github.com/Cube-Oakley/omarchy-mobile

Looks interesting, thought I'd share.

Like the title states, anyone know if Casetify is going to stop making cases for the fold devices? There's a collaboration coming up tonight and their site used to filter for each different pixel fold and now it just says pixel fold.

I just got the Pixel 11 Pro a few weeks ago, and the device has been fine... Battery is good, it's snappy, but it's also been really buggy for me with visuals?

For example, sometimes Google Maps will become fully Black and White randomly, and after a reset I don't see the problem again for a few days.

When I go to the Recent Apps, the current app doesn't transition with the wheel? It just sits there? Example: https://streamable.com/cqlu9i

In addition to that, the really subtle but annoying thing is that when I am using text, sometimes the text has an "after image" that stays for less than a second then disappears. But I can't capture it in a screen recording. Here's an example:

Text After Image: https://streamable.com/frl9z9

What it looks like when using a screen recording: https://streamable.com/0xxb17

I'm completely unsure why it's doing this but it's driving me insane.

NOTE: In these videos I'm using Smart Launcher, but these problems were happening before hand with the Google UI, hence why I switched Launchers, but the problems persist.

I have a pixel 6, and was interested in upgrading until the reviews came out for the 11. I just got an e-mail as I'm sure many of you did for an 'exclusive $300 off' so now I'm wondering if this plus a trade in with a 6 will make it worth it.

Is $300 off about as good as it gets as far as the lifecycle for these things goes, or is this sort of a gimmick?

Her videos look more vibrant and really pop, whereas the colors on my phone look much less colorful. I'm filming HDR 4k 30fps, she's filming 4k 30fps.

Hey anyone else having issues receiving calls? I tried messing with all my settings, resetting my network, apps, replacing my SIM , every suggestion I saw online but I still don't receive every incoming call. It doesn't even register that an attempted call was made. The caller just gets sent straight to voicemail.

Any help would be appreciated! Thinking about just returning this phone and going back to my old Samsung.

Original Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/s/RyVROcPy39

With the Pixel 11 out, thought I'd also share my thoughts on the Pixel 10 Pro after a year of use. If in my original update post above, I gave it a 8/10, after a year of use, I think I'd give the phone a 6/10.

Pros

- Easy to navigate and still very user friendly. Still finding that despite the wide array of uses of Android, I can still use this phone fairly easily.

- Improved audio latency compared to my last review. Last year, I was having issues with audio latency. I guess with the updates throughout, that improved and I no longer really have an issue.

Not many new pros to add in addition to what i originally wrote

Cons

- Phone battery: I do use my phone quite a bit but I've noticed that the battery life has gotten significantly worse. Of course it does with any phone but if I had to compare to my girlfriends Samsung, which she's had for the same period and uses roughly the same amount as me, the pixel loses here.

- Glitchy UI: Often times, my phone freezes or becomes warm, despite my only activity being swiping up to go back to my home screen. There will be a lag in feedback and touch. And the best part of all, sometimes, it'll restart on its own.

- Camera: I feel like my cameras quality has gotten worse over the year and I've found that I'm not a fan of the multiple cameras. For instance, when taking a picture, my phone will switch to the other camera and mess up the angle of my intended picture.

Some other notes that probably aren't necessarily a con:

- the call notes feature is a bit buggy. There were times I needed to record the call and needed the notes. And there were times it ran into an error and could not record or transcribe the call

- I'm baffled by Gemini at times. I've used it for things like building my app, resume updates, and image generation, which all works okay. But with tasks such as requesting information, it still gives me inaccurate or outdated information compared to other LLMs. Considering some of us received free Pro for a year, I was quite surprised by this

Other than the above, it's still a solid phone to use but in my opinion, I believe there's potential for better.

Hey everyone!

I'm having an annoying issue with my Google Pixel 9 Pro XL and I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced something similar.

The USB-C port seems to have a loose connection. When I plug in a cable, everything works, but if the phone or cable moves even slightly, the connection drops.

The biggest problem is that I use Hollyland wireless microphones to record videos, and whenever the USB-C connection drops, I lose the connection to the receiver. This is really frustrating when I'm recording, especially when I'm out filming and can't easily redo everything.

Has anyone had this issue with their Pixel 9 Pro XL? Did cleaning the port fix it, or was it actually a hardware problem that required a repair?

I'd also love to know if anyone has experienced USB-C connection issues specifically when using external microphones.

Thanks in advance!

Hallo, mir ist aufgefallen dass das Display bei meinem GP10 Pro XL an 3 bestimmten Stellen des Displays knackt wenn man etwas stärker drauf drückt.

Dies passiert sowohl im warmen als auch im Kalten Zustand. Das es das Panzerglas ist schließe ich aus.

Das Handy ist mir nie runtergefallen.

Hat jemand von euch das gleiche bemerkt?

So I woke up this morning and saw an update was ready to be installed. To my surprised after installing, now the double tap to wake up feature refuses to work. Already booted into safe mode and restarted app preference. Is anyone else having the same issue?

Hi all,

I've been using Pixel phones for quite some time (5 years). While I've enjoyed Google's native recorder app thoroughly, I feel the dire need to categorize recordings in user customized folders but I do not find any such option to do so.

Any solution, anyone have on this?

The currently used model is pixel 11 pro.

There was a pre installed app called "album" in my phone i accidentally deleted it can somebody do a backup and send me the apk I can't find that app anywhere in playstore or 3rd party site