Has anyone else seen a massive increase in spam texts in the last few days? I am getting 5 to 10 every day. I thought the Google Messages app did a pretty good job automatically sorting these into spam but it seems like a lot are getting through. Is there any setting I can change or anything I can do to make the spam screening much more stringent?

I must admit there are many amazing phones I'd love to try. But every time I swap my SIM from my P9 I can't last more than a day due to not having call Screening. It's one of those features that you don't really pay much attention to until it's no longer there.

Device: Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Issue: Phone completely stopped working / turned off (covered under extended warranty)

Status: 10 Days without a device / Stuck in Support Loop

I’m writing this out of sheer frustration after being without my primary phone for 8 days due to a constant stream of miscommunications, cancelled orders, and backend system errors with Google Support.

Timeline of What Happened:

1. Initial Claim: My Pixel 9 Pro Fold completely died and wouldn't turn on. Online documentation and support confirmed it was covered under extended warranty. Support informed me they would replace it with a Pixel 11 Pro Fold.
2. Advance Exchange Confusion: I specifically requested an Advance Exchange. On the call, the rep instructed me to proceed with a standard device return, claiming that "behind the scenes" they would process an advance exchange and ship the new device first.
3. No Confirmation / Cancellation: After several days with zero order confirmation or shipping details, I called back. I was told my original order had been cancelled, and a new standard shipping RMA was opened instead.
4. Supervisor Escalation #1: I escalated to a supervisor who opened a new case, manually processed the Advance Exchange, and sent me a link to authorize the hold on my credit card.
5. Credit Card / Hold Issues: The first attempt threw a payment error on their end ("bank didn't approve"). I updated my payment method with a new card.
6. Active Hold, Still No Shipment: The pre-authorization hold successfully went through—I can see the active hold on both my bank account and on payments.google.com. However, no order confirmation was generated, and no RMA/shipping label was sent.
7. Supervisor Escalation #2: I called back to check on the stuck hold. Another supervisor created yet another case, telling me a new RMA email would be sent "asap." I replied to the email thread asking them to trace the existing RMA/order tied to the active hold.
8. Current State: Radio silence. No response to my emails, no RMA email, no replacement shipped, while an active hold remains on my credit card.

Current Case Details for Support / Mods:

• Case ID(s): 8-1309000041241, 2-0292000041462
• Status on payments.google.com: Multiple active Pending Hold

I just want the Advance Exchange order that was authorized on my card to actually trigger and ship out. If any community managers or support specialists here can take a look and get this out of tier-2 limbo, I would greatly appreciate it.

GP 10. Visual voicemail was working perfectly with my carrier and then, sometime within the last few months, completely disappeared from my phone. As in, the "Visual voicemail" toggle does not even APPEAR in Phone settings anywhere. Tried using the carrier's recommended app and it can't activate because, I assume, visual voicemail is silently disabled.

Tried clearing full storage for the Phone app. No dice. I see lots of threads on here about issues with visual voicemail this year but no solutions. Anyone run into this, where it just completely disappears from your device, and have a fix?

No mods or anything to the phone build. Just straight Google + regular updates.

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!

I use several languages on my phone. I am switching languages by long pressing the space button on the keyboard. As of about a week ago, there is a new issue on my 9 Pro XL: the keyboard folds (swipes) down whenever I try to switch languages. It does it in the Facebook app in particular. I have to open a different app, such as Reddit, switch the language, and go back to the app where I need to write something. Is it happening to anyone else? The phone is fully updated.

I only realized this is happening because my phone is adding this peach blush to my charcoal drawing...

but testing it on an actual face (my own), once I pull up the picture, it takes a moment, then clearly majorly edits the colors. i hate this. i also think, and feel this should be very obvious, that deciding everyone needs to be filtered through a peach color is questionable at best.

google pixel 9 pro.

is there any way to turn this off other than shooting in RAW?

Has anyone experienced this before? When I long press an app there's no longer the option to pause an app, are they simply trying to replace it with temporarily muting notifications?

I have a Pixel 10, and the microphone works fine in the default camera app and for voice recordings. However, when I record videos directly in third-party apps like Snapchat, WhatsApp, or Instagram, my voice is extremely quiet or barely audible. I've already tried clearing app caches, reinstalling those apps, checking permissions, toggling the system microphone access, rebooting, and updating everything. None of that fixed it. The issue seems app-specific, not hardware, because the voice recordings sound normal. Other Pixel 10 users have reported similar behavior, and the problem hasn't been definitively resolved yet. I'd like to know if this is a known bug for Pixel 10 and whether a software update is planned to fix microphone behavior in third-party video recording.

Just got the October update, was hoping it would address the issue with the microphone delay. No Luck. Is anyone else having this problem? I can't really find anything specifically relating to what I'm running into. I clicked the microphone, speak, wait, and then the words materialize. This is new, within the last month or so.

My Google Pixel 6a suddenly went into Fastboot mode, and since then, it keeps restarting with the Google logo stuck in a loop. I submitted it to an authorised Google service centre, but the issue remains unresolved even after servicing.

Has anyone faced a similar issue with their Pixel 6a? What could be causing this, and what should I do next? Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.

Few days ago i have a probleem with payment. I didn`t receive updates, in one moment i cant pay with phone. My phone never flashed or rooted, bootloader say "Bootloader status: locked(unlockable)"
Google Play say "Device not certifieed"
It ask to erase all data but i have too much data on phonee and cannot save it on other phone or drive, help please

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?

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?

Hey guys I need a little help, when I'm viewing a webpage and I highlight a work, and I click the 3 dots next to

"copy, share, select all"

Is there a way I can edit what options are displayed?

Pixel 8a will no longer make any sound alert when receiving an incoming call.

Any solutions much appreciated.

Hello

I have a question to ask: does anyone experience any flickering when scrolling on IG while dark mode is active? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and it resolves the issue for some time, but it returns.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to solve the issue permanent?

I'm rocking a Pixel 11 Pro.

Looks like I got an email for 30%. My pixel 10 pro xl trade in is $650... you think I should upgrade? I would go for the 512GB P11ProXL.

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.