{"id":47956,"date":"2025-07-08T06:07:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/47956\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T06:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T06:07:14","slug":"pixel-phones-are-having-a-fit-with-their-lock-screens-thanks-to-android-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/47956\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel phones are having a fit with their lock screens thanks to Android 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What you need to know<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pixel users are dealing with lock screens that won\u2019t wake or respond after updating to Android 16.<\/li>\n<li>Weird bugs also include screen brightness acting up, a moody fingerprint scanner, and crashes right after unlocking.<\/li>\n<li>These glitches have been lingering for weeks, and Google\u2019s finally aware\u2014just no fix yet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If your Pixel\u2019s lock screen suddenly feels off, you\u2019re probably not alone, and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/tag\/android-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 16<\/a> might be the culprit behind the weird behavior.<\/p>\n<p><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-16\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-16\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android 16<\/a> officially started rolling out last month, with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-16-is-officially-here\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-16-is-officially-here\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google\u2019s Pixel phones first in line for the update<\/a>. But according to several user <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/352438626\/unresponsive-screen-after-last-update-android-16?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/352438626\/unresponsive-screen-after-last-update-android-16?hl=en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posts<\/a> on Google <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/350782829\/screen-wake-is-not-working-properly-after-android-16-update?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/350782829\/screen-wake-is-not-working-properly-after-android-16-update?hl=en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">forums<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lax6w6\/major_lock_screen_issues_with_pixel_9_pro_xl\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lax6w6\/major_lock_screen_issues_with_pixel_9_pro_xl\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reddit<\/a> <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lo9i6n\/has_google_acknowledged_the_a16_lockscreen_issues\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lo9i6n\/has_google_acknowledged_the_a16_lockscreen_issues\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">threads<\/a>, the new OS upgrade has been stirring up a bunch of issues for quite a few Pixel users (via <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/05\/google-pixel-slow-lockscreen-android-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2025\/07\/05\/google-pixel-slow-lockscreen-android-16\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">9to5Google<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Users across those platforms are saying the lock screen is not lighting up when tapped and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lkmepd\/power_button_not_working\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lkmepd\/power_button_not_working\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ignoring the power button completely<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>Some users are also seeing weird screen brightness shifts, a flaky fingerprint scanner, and sluggish performance right after unlocking. A few even mentioned apps crashing the moment they get past the lock screen.<\/p>\n<p>To deal with the bugs, some users have tried forcing a restart, especially when the screen won\u2019t respond at all. It helps for a bit, but the lock screen issues tend to creep back in after a few hours.<\/p>\n<p>Google knows (but no fix yet)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.35%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ypLxLuLu7EfYT5wxq42Mpm.jpg\" alt=\"The Android 16 logo on a Google Pixel 9 Pro XL\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ypLxLuLu7EfYT5wxq42Mpm.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ypLxLuLu7EfYT5wxq42Mpm.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Nicholas Sutrich \/ Android Central)<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, these lock screen problems have been hanging around for nearly a month. On the bright side, a product expert confirmed that Google is aware of the problem. There\u2019s no fix out yet, but at least it\u2019s on the company&#8217;s radar. Unfortunately, there&#8217;s no word on when the patch will arrive, but users are hoping it lands soon.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s still unclear how widespread the issue really is, since most of the evidence comes from forum complaints. However, the symptoms suggest a software glitch, implying that a future Android 16 update could likely resolve the bugs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get the latest news from Android Central, your trusted companion in the world of Android<\/p>\n<p>Android 16 is intended to bring several improvements, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-unveils-the-most-massive-android-redesign-ever\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/google-unveils-the-most-massive-android-redesign-ever\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including a fresh new look<\/a> and tighter security to Pixel phones. But if it\u2019s breaking basic stuff like the lock screen, that\u2019s a pretty big hit to the overall experience.<\/p>\n<p>Android Central has reached out to Google for an official comment and will update this article once we hear back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What you need to know Pixel users are dealing with lock screens that won\u2019t wake or respond after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":47957,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[611,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-47956","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-mobile","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114816119417943166","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47956"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47956\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}