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Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by ijhuygft776 »

I was unable to register new fingerprints or use existing registered fingerprints and my screen would randomly become unresponsive... I think it was software related because it appear to be working as expected now. (Pixel 7a)

I don't auto-update apps though, just manually update the OS.

I think it was the last time I bought a Pixel... but I am not sure because I don't know what else to buy.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by sz4kerto »

blibble wrote: post #2

Android is just awful in terms of reliability I find it hard to believe anyone working for Google on Android actually uses an Android phone as their personal device I suffered all of: phone reboots 50% of the time using the camera, assistant won't answer sometimes, phone calls lock up the phone, alarm clock randomly doesn't work, it just goes on and on I had the original Android phone with Android 1.0 and had bought…

It's always a compromise. With Android you can get actually good typing experience in non-English languages, voice typing in non-English, proper desktop view in browsers and really good call quality or better PWM in some cases.

It depends on what is important for you. iOS is not a panacea either.

By they way, with Android, just use Samsung. Despite the duplicated apps it's just a better experience.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by saintfire »

InCityDreams wrote: post #9
blibble wrote: post #2

Android is just awful in terms of reliability I find it hard to believe anyone working for Google on Android actually uses an Android phone as their personal device I suffered all of: phone reboots 50% of the time using the camera, assistant won't answer sometimes, phone calls lock up the phone, alarm clock randomly doesn't work, it just goes on and on I had the original Android phone with Android 1.0 and had bought…

No chance of letting them (your family) decide for themselves?

They're not going to let they're family have green bubbles. If you cared about those around you then you would do the same.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by dannyfritz07 »

newprint wrote: post #26

Pixel owner here. Lately my phone been very slow or acting out. That explains it. Last year or few years ago, Google released update that broke Bluetooth on Pixels. Google's team released the update, broke things, went out for extended Christmas break and fixed things a few months later. I'm not fan of the Apple phones and the fact that they cost a fortune, but I don't recall them putting out hardware breaking update…

FYI, my pixel 5a phone has also been really slow and acting out in the last month. Crashes and extreme sluggishness in apps. Sometimes when I pull up the app-switcher, I can't get out of it without rebooting the phone.

I however am not on the Jan 2024 Google Play update detailed by this article. I am still on the recommended Nov 2023 one.

Re: Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update

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Post by TillE »

saghm wrote: post #25
malfist wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Even an unlimited QA budget won't catch everything. Though it is unflattering to have two major issues like this occur so close together.

Sure, but this is the past half dozen models of the phone made by the same company who makes the OS. You'd think these would be the easiest possible test cases for them to do up front.

I'm sure they test those to some extent.

I assume it's just a fraction of users affected, so it could be something like a service reading third-party app data and crashing due to a bug. The kind of thing that should be caught in code review, because comprehensive testing is next to impossible.

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