Google Is Rolling Out A Fix For Pixel Back Button Issues

Google’s August Pixel update includes a hole for Android’s three-button navigation and motion navigation systems becoming unresponsive.

The issues look to person started popping up soon aft nan charismatic merchandise of Android 16 in June. Ever since that update, nan user said that navigation has been “a complete mess” and that they ran into issues pinch buttons being “completely unresponsive” aliases delays of “over 30 seconds” connected their Pixel 8 Pro. Another user said they had to occasionally property nan backmost fastener “a fewer times” connected their Pixel 9 to get nan telephone to registry it. The swipe motion to navigate backmost besides occasionally stopped working, arsenic noticed by Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii.

Google’s spot notes only vaguely opportunity that nan issues would hap nether “certain conditions.” In summation to wide stableness improvements, nan update besides fixes an rumor wherever a scheduled acheronian taxable wouldn’t work. It besides includes a security fix for a precocious severity distant codification execution vulnerability.

The update is rolling retired now for Pixel 6 devices and newer.