What you need to know
- Pixel users are dealing with locking screens that do not wake up or do not respond after update to Android 16.
- Strange bugs also include the brightness of the acting screen, a fingerprint scanner in bad mood and block just after unlocking.
- These seeds have persisted for weeks, and Google is finally aware – simply without solution.
If the locking screen of your pixel suddenly feels turned off, you are probably not alone, and Android 16 could be the culprit behind the strange behavior.
Android 16 officially started to deploy last month, with Google Pixel phones first for update. But according to several users publications on google forums And Reddit threadsThe new upgrading of the operating system has aroused a lot of problems for several pixel users (via 9TO5GOOGLE).
Users of these platforms say that the lock screen does not light up when tapped and Completely ignore the power button.
Some users also see strange screen luminosity changes, a scattered fingerprint scanner and slow performance just after unlocking. Some even mentioned the applications that crash when they exceed the locking screen.
To manage bugs, some users have tried to force a restart, especially when the screen does not respond at all. This helps a little, but locking screen problems tend to go back after a few hours.
Google knows (but no fix yet)
It turns out that these locking screen problems have been dragging on for almost a month. On the right side, a product expert confirmed that Google was aware of the problem. There is not yet a correction, but at least it is on the radar of the company. Unfortunately, there is no word on the moment when the patch will arrive, but users hope that it soon landed.
We still do not know how much the question is really widespread, because most evidence come from the forum complaints. However, the symptoms suggest a software problem, which implies that a future Android 16 update could probably solve the bugs.
Android 16 is intended to make several improvements, including a new look and stricter safety for pixel phones. But if it is breaking basic stuff like the locking screen, it is a fairly great success to the global experience.
Android Central contacted Google for an official comment and will update this article once we have heard.
