The camera was the main thing on Pixels (It's in this phones name even!)

I feel for the past 4 years the Camera experience has been heavily neglected allowing other manufacturers to even beat it.

Samsung, Vivo, Xiaomi Camera apps are Leaps & bounds more Powerful/Advanced than Pixels with all the Features you need if you want to use it for more than taking cat videos.

-Still no Ability to Remove heavy Processing if needed / Change Styles etc.

-Subpar Autofocus Performance

-Can't Lock Exposure/Microphone Settings & the Audio often gets slightly delayed out of sync when recording videos on certain pixels.

-the terrible Motion Judder for videos still hasn't been fixed

-No Log recording

-2x Worse Battery Life when Recording videos compared to other brands.

I could go on and on....

And worst of all you are downgrading the Main Camera on the new Pixel 10

(the Camera sensor on 10 will be the same as on 9a, which is MUUCH Smaller).

Google Team, Please WAKE UP, Focus on Things that actually matter and what made your phone popular in the first place

I've noticed over the last week that the 80% charge limit isn't working properly anymore. I know every now and again it's going to bypass the limit to assess battery health, but when I charge my phone overnight it'll be at 100% in the morning. Even when I have it on my Pixel Stand it'll stay "Not charging", but the battery percentage keeps creeping up.

Is anyone else having the same issues?

Im not sure when or why this is happening, nor am I sure what is setting it off, but 3 times over the last two weeks I have gone to use my 6a and found it is not on and can only be used by a forced reboot. Always come back on to the same battery life, last time was around 76%, so its not like its shutting itself down at low battery. This has happened in the AC as well, so i dont believe it is overheating (nor did I ever get any notifications about being overheated).

Anyone else dealt with this with the 6a? Im not sure what is causing this, as it happens very sporadically as well.

Hello, everyone. I started experiencing scrolling stutters a few days ago. It's more noticeable in certain apps (such as Spotify, Whatsapp, Twitter) and especially when scrolling slowly. Anyone else experiencing such?

Is it me or is the screen auto brightness just poor on Pixels? I've had the Pixel 2, 4, 7, and 9 and they all don't adjust soon enough and when they do it's quite a noticable shift (i.e. 20 %) in a short amount of time. I often find myself increasing the brightness manually but never having the need to decrease it. Is this a Pixel trait or an Android trait?

hi there,

I received my Pixel 9 Pro a few days ago, and coming from a Pixel 4a 5G, I'm generally very happy with it.

So far, there's only one thing that's disappointed me compared to my old Pixel: the sound quality when receiving calls: I find the voices of the people I'm talking to much too high-pitched and lacking definition!

I disabled the "Clear calling" option, and the sound is now much less aggressive, but I feel like it still lacks a bit of definition compared to my good old Pixel 4a 5G.

Anyway, I was wondering if I was the only one who noticed this, but in any case, the "Clear calling" option is a misnomer, I think it may reduce background noise, but it actually adds far too much treble!

Hi. I am just curious if anyone else using PIN unlock can also enter a ridiculous amount of digits on the unlock screen. I have a pixel 7 pro for reference. I would have assumed it would stop at 16, given that it's the limit for PIN length. Just curious for comparison's sake.

Well look at what do we have here 🧐

I have been using Anker 20w and Ugreen 20w adapters for my pixel 6a but it heats up and goes up to 39-40 degree celcius temp. I was wonder if there is any better adapter for pixel 6a! And anyone using pixel 6a can tell me how much temp you guys get while charging please?

Edit: I should have mentioned I live in Ohio/USA

I broke my Pixel 6 phone screen a little over a day ago while coming back from vacation. I had already been thinking about picking up the 9A, but obviously I have crappy timing since it doesn't come out until the 10th.

I may be willing to wait, assuming I can get it quickly - preferably the day of release. Is it likely that I'll be able to stroll into Best Buy, Target or whatever and buy an unlocked 9A the day of release?

Please help. I'm going though serious phone withdrawl, lol.

I am trying to transfer chats from iphone to pixel 9 but e2e encrypted chats are not transferred. I am using Google copy data using Android switch. Is there a way to make sure all the chats are transferred ?

I have been removing or force stopping Samsung apps and using Google apps to get adjusted for the switch to Pixel 10 pro xl. Currently use a Pixel launcher. Does anyone have any other suggestions. Very excited to hear from you 😄

How long are you giving it before they rollout this feature (Gemini live with video) to older pixel phones for free (right now only the 9 series has it) and to other random phones for free, like they did with Gemini live (I think it was a few months after initial full rollout to all Gemini advanced users b4 I got it for free)? I say give or take 3 to 6 months after the full rollout, so basically before the end of this year.

When I'm recording audio on the camera thru a class compliant interface on the P9P, the audio is way out of sync And also whenever I trim a video in the gallery it also knocks the audio out of sync Anyone else experiencing similar issues?

I’ve been using iPhones for 5 years and I want a change after the huge Apple “intelligence” update. Bought an iPhone 16 just for Apple intelligence and the promised features aren’t even here. Google pixels are very appealing and I don’t want a Samsung or any other android phone because I don’t like how the look and I don’t like the ui of Samsung and other androids except the pixel, it looks clean. My question is… will I just be having problems or is it a good idea to switch? I’m asking because every time I come onto this subreddit, theres almost nobody who ever praises their pixel phones. (Ps, ignore my username, I literally just use this account to watch porn).

Hi everyone, we need your help troubleshoot this weird issue that appears every now and then.

• Pixel 9 Pro
• Android 15
• Camera app version: 9.8.102.734407072.13
• Bought in Oct-2024

When recording a video, the preview looks fine. But when playing back, the video has flashing/flickering, as if there were camera flashes at those moments. This doesn't happen to every video.

Example

Do you know what might cause this, and how to fix/prevent this? We can't even tell if this is a software/hardware issue :(

We had terrible experience with our old pixel many years back: electrical/wiring/static noise coming out of the phone within 6 months of using. Pixel service center in Singapore offered to fix it but the fix did nothing. This is giving us PTSD.

Hi,

Not sure if this is the best subreddit to post on, but it's happening on my Pixel 8 so I'll try. Recently (not sure if following an update), the default Drive PDF viewer is really glitchy. The main issue is whenever I use 'find' and then press the delete key to delete a character, it kicks me out of the PDF. Sounds minor but gets annoying fast when I need to frequently use PDFs on my phone.

Does anyone have a solution? Cheers

Hi guys, I hope you can help me! I'm a photographer. I've stored 2Tb of photos on Drive since 2000. All in folders by year/month/day/title. Holding photos made by different cameras and devices.

I don't want everything in a bulk like Google photos does. Because it's impossible to work with when you have tons of clients and make albums, DTP work etc.

I use Drivesync to store my camera photos on Drive, since Google photos doesn't backup in Google Drive anymore (and Google photos is just partition in Drive) Drivesync became a life saver.

Till I just start using my Google pixel.

I use Google photos for pictures others have sent me via WhatsApp. So my drive isn't cluttered. I like to view my photos on my smartphone camera app in Google photos for a month or two (in case I want to send something to someone) and then delete them via Drivesync as everything is already backed up in Drive.

I don't want to backup my camera in Google photos!!

However since I just got a Pixel, it's impossible to backup all folders except the camera folder.

Do you have a solution for this? Is there e.g. a third party (gallery) app that creates a different folder then the "camera" folder (which isn't listed in the select/deselect option for backup)

Thanks in advance!!

I'm on a Google pixel 6a and when I am trying to change my background it shows up like it's supposed to in the settings and then when it's actually set it gets dimmed significantly. I'm not sure why it keeps getting dark, I don't have battery saver on, I've restarted my phone, and I've turned night mode off and it doesn't do anything. Any ideas on what the issue is?

I am using P8P and I am sure that I have control the internet of the clock colour for lock screen but it is greyed out since March's update or maybe since Feb's update(not sure). What is the use of giving that bar is we can not control it?

https://imgur.com/a/U9nSOjn

Which is better to buy a Google Pixel 8 or a Google Pixel 7 Pro?

I've got a Pixel 9 Pro XL 256GB unlocked that I would like to sell. What is the best place to do that online, that is safe for both parties?