The stable Android 16 update that Google recently released has caused discontent among owners of Pixel smartphones of different generations, Android Headlines reports. Users are massively reporting a serious glitch affecting navigation gestures and control buttons.
According to affected users, after the update, their devices began to work incorrectly: navigation gestures stop responding or freeze for no apparent reason. This applies not only to the gesture control system, but also to traditional navigation buttons, which can delay the execution of a command for several seconds or even longer. Some Pixel 8 Pro owners claim that their smartphone has become "almost unusable."
Complaints are actively accumulating on social media forums like Reddit and X/Twitter, where users describe the issue as one of the most annoying since the update. While the problem has not been found on all Pixel devices, its widespread nature makes us hope that Google will respond quickly.
The company has not yet announced an official solution to this glitch, but affected users can file a bug report through their smartphone's settings to bring more attention to the issue.