So I've had these random notification sounds that go off on my Pixel 8 pro but there are no notifications that show up. Well I think I found the issue, whenever someone is on YouTube on our Google TV and hits play, pause or starts a new video a notification will ding my phone. Can't seem to find how to stop it.

My 7 pros ear piece died and I decided to make an asurion claim and for $275 they're sending me an 8 pro and I wasn't sure about a Google warranty and their deductible was this a good call? I checked with those ifixit place and they quoted $160 to fix it but from what I understand it's attached to the motherboard so it could be a temporary fix. Any feed back will be cool thanks.

I have some difficulties with opening notification shade on locked screen (Example: https://photos.app.goo.gl/pQN7hoNpkMefXnfw6), with freezing response to my touch. It's happens on my 4a5g, and friend's 6a seems to also have this problem too.

I have an iPhone and have had one for a good amount of years now. I have been comparing both the Pixel and iPhone now with the advancements in the new version of Android and hopefully in iOS but 🤷‍♂️. I’m wondering your thoughts on the Pixel. I’ve been watching stuff on YouTube but I’d rather get all of your opinions as users. I used to be completely in the Google ecosystem and it excelled at a lot of things but didn’t at other things. I’ve learned iOS is the same way the only big thing is everyone I know has an iPhone so it’s easier to text stuff but that’s what Google photos is for or Facebook/ insta. What are y’all’s opinions on the Pixel and is it worth the switch in ecosystem (minus the computer). When I switched to iPhone the pixel was still very new so it had a lot of flaws which is why I’m asking.

Was clearing storage and cache, restart the phone and its off of main menu. Any quick help please? Thank you!

Is this true ? Or the pixel os is actually optimized , thinking about getting a pixel 8

My phone updated and I'm not a tech person but Google assistant is gone. now when I push the home button it brings up a search bar and not Google assistant. I don't want a search bar I want my talking friend 🤣😂

it doesn't even pop up when I hold volume or power on the side

Just popped up on my 8 Pro

https://imgur.com/a/TZxmY6c

I can’t do it. I tried going back to the iPhone and for the most part, it’s been fine but some of the iPhone quirks that made me take Android for granted are just too much. I can’t deal with not having a universal back gesture, the iPhone keyboard is hot garbage, I don’t like Safari one bit, the settings menu is a cluttered mess, and I miss having Call Screen and some of the Pixel features. 8A here I come.

I've done everything from clean the ports on the phone, cable, and car, changed cables overall. Both to OEM Google and aftermarket, reset software on the phone, deleted and re-added car on AA app, but to no avail and not sure where to go from here. Reset both phone and car head unit.

I get a charge from the outlet like normal so it doesnt seem to be the car port but I'm not sure.

Anyone have this issue and successfully resolved it?

Phone is a Pixel 7, car is a '18 Jeep GC.

Thanks in advance

As the title says I'm going to be adding an iPhone to our household. My wife and I both dislike iPhones but with the host of products that apple offers like airtags and family location services she's thinking about switching over. For context we have a 1 year old and with the increase in child abductions, especially in our area, she's feeling more worried lately for our child and has decided to switch over so if the worst case scenario happens to our child she has some idea of where she'd be because she'd have some sort of airtags on her.

I absolutely detest the idea of having to switch over just to have everyone on the same operating system just to make things fluid between us. How has it been for others who've been in the same boat or close to it?

I'm always using a microfiber to clean the screen and I wash the cloth every other time and notice I get more hairline scratches on the phone screen. Will this eventually harm the performance? If not its fine, I don't notice the scratches unless its off, but just want to know what I should get if needed.

Is it possible to use Google translation to hear a speech in Greek and have it translated and read out live in English?

Basically I'm going to a Greek church for our easter celebrations and I do not speak fluent Greek and would like to understand the service fully by listening along in English.

Part of this is a rant. The old Photosphere Panorama used to give us something like up to 45MP photospheres and panoramas. Ever since the new panorama was pushed on us, although the interface was much better and more modern, the output file was always tiny.

Here's an example of mine from a recent trip in China (Tiananmen Square):

• Pixel 8 Pro: 3884x1644 (6.4MP)

• iPhone 14 Plus: 9028x3828 (34.6MP)

This is really painful, and that's why I was pretty vocal that while resized backups are generally fine for still photos, the storage saver resizing Photospheres that used to be 40MP+ lose so much detail that it's very unfortunate.

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The white bar goes to the side and I'll have to go home and come back to the app to fix it. After some time the same issue occurs again. It's annoying.

Anyone else facing this issue and how do I report it to Google?

As pixel users do we only get a free 15GB for photo storage???

I’m coming from IPhone so I’m used to having much more than this for photos.

Are there any other ways/ photo apps that I can use to store all of my photos to bypass subscribing to the Google photos upgraded storage ?

My last update was April 5th and ever since I've had loads upon loads of Bluetooth connection issues. Devices I've been paired with now simply won't connect. 2 Bluetooth speakers, car stereo, a pair of headphones. Nothing connects or holds a connection.

I've reset the devices to no avail. I've forgotten the devices from my phone and reconnected with no success. I've taken family members phones to connect to the same devices (as my initial fear was the car Bluetooth or hands free module was shot) and they connect with no issues.

I've had this pixel 7 for a year now and have never had any issues with it overall until this. Wondering if anyone else is in the same boat as me.

I love this phone, face unlock is th best thing, but battery is the worst in this phone, and screen flickering or what is this , on dark colors or low brightness. Can u suggest a good phone with better battery life.

Hi, I have a pixel 8 pro and the Google wallet tap hasn't been working since the last update. I tried restarting but that didn't help, removed my cards and added again but thatdidnt work either (added to my problem, my amex which was in my wallet earlier now cannot be added as it says "card type not supported". Weird as I have used my amex in wallet before the update). I'm not on beta either. Everytime I unlock my phone there is a small ringtone that I can't find a setting to turn off.

Anyone in the same boat and has managed to make it work, please advice. Apologies if this has been asked in the past but I didn't find anything related to all my problems so decided to create a post.

I had read somewhere that an app using NFC is the problem. How do I know what apps use NFC to uninstall?

Thank you for your time.

Since i moved to gesture navigation i never use the classic 3 button again, but when i back for the first time i realized that pressing home button no longer got some ripple effect like before. Why you remove it Google? Why this product no longer "fun" like it was

So I recently switched to 3rd shift so I have an alarm set for early afternoon and it seems that my adaptive charging has stopped working. I have a pixel 8 and I use a wireless charging stand to charge it when I go to bed at 8 am, usually when I get up my phone is very warm and there is the notification that charging was stopped to save my phone battery. How can I get adaptive charging to work again?

I'm a long-time Apple user who recently switched from an iPhone XS to a Pixel 8. During the setup of my Pixel, I chose to deny the full data transfer.

My question is: Can I selectively choose which data is transferred (eg. Texts and notes, but not photos and app data)?

I don't want to junk up my new phone with unnecessary data. Hopefully, there is an automated way to achieve this, but if not, I'll do it manually.

Hello, How do i increase the size of live translate popup, it's hard to follow the translation or caption when watching the video and also there is no option to watch the recorded caption or translation and we can't even scroll up.

https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/268455698/something-went-wrong-every-time-i-search-on-google?msgid=272646640#

I know a lot of folks, myself included, have posted about and been super annoyed with this issue, so I thought I'd pass this along. Who knows if / when they'll unwittingly break it again, but at least it's been acknowledged.

have a pixel 7 and Google assistant will open at random, "what can I help you with" & the microphone on. when it's bad it is doing this every 2-3 minutes. if you turn the assistant off in settings it instead pops up a "Google asssiant is ready to help" with a link to turn assistant back on. it is, to put it mildly, annoying. nothing I've done in settings, updates, etc fixes the problem but it does go away on its own for a few days.

has anyone else run into this? searching for answers doesn't yield much beyond ai written obvious answers like "reinstall."

Hej, I just checked my step counter from Google health app and it shows 14k steps which is correct but it shows that I burned 2700kcal. Now I know it's impossible because it should be around 700-1000 and here's the question. Does Google health app adds calories from steps and average what my body used that day (based on average etc.)?

Appreciate all info, thank you!

So the first batch of the Spigen's screen procteor was bad, people say that the black belzels are covering the edges of the screen, adheasive not strong enough etc...
I was in a urge to get a screen protector, so I bought it anyways, it was as bad as the reviews said. I returned it for a refund.

Last month I found out Spigen made a revamped version of the screen protector, so I gave Spigen another chance because I love their product.

Installation and packaging is exactly the same, except the label on the box of course.

The new version is slightly shorter in the chin area, with no black bezels, definitely noticed I got my screen realestate back.

No air bubbles on the edges after installing, I believe people that are saying that is because they are installing it incorrectly, misaligning just ever so slightly could cause that to happen in my experience.

I also noticed the stickyness is somewhat better on the new version. Overall it's worth purchasing.

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I got a Pixel 8 and a dodge charger 2018 with uconnect. It worked perfectly fine for days. Then today I connect it it stars then disconnects now Android Auto no longer works and the car won't even recognize my device to play audio.

Reposting my post from r/india . I am beyond frustrated and Google really doesn't care about Indian users. https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/1cj3nfx/pixel_phones_have_shitty_battery_and_service/

I have been talking about Pixel 7a to my friends for a long time. A few may have seen an old post of mine where I said it has terrible battery but with adaptive charging, it really felt good, not great coz it is 7 hours but still fine.

But past month, I have been having an issue where the battery goes from 40% to 0% within 5 seconds. I thought it needs battery calibaration and everything but nope. I also had a brand new Spigen Cover and I felt it was a little bulky. I did not notice this at first, but my phones battery had visibly swollen. IT WAS FAT.

After checking on the internet, this was clearly a manufacturing defect and a fire hazard, if I use it a little more it can literally blast in my hands. I mailed these guys and every mail was met with 24hrs to 36hrs delay. And the replies were useless. The natural course is go to the service centre.

On mail I was promised it takes 8-10 days, but the service centre straightaway says 15-20 days for no apparent reason and no they will not give it in writing. I wrote this to them on email and every mail by Google and their Chat is met with AI Generated replies.

Had this been in the west, Google offers a refurbished phone to you free of cost, and even a discount on future products. They take this very cautiously there, but here they dont give an ass about it.

Well bottom line, if you feel your Pixel Phone is heating a lot, or battery dropping rapidly OR BATTERY IS SWOLLEN, please take it to the service centre asap coz your phone might just explode.

Posted this on Twitter, if you guys wanna cuss them there please do. I seriously regret buying this phone now. Xiaomi works better than this, and doesnt even need service centre visits https://x.com/kalingaddynasty/status/1786438117735477449