The surprising look of notification cooldown, together with smaller adjustments to haptics globally, could possibly be answerable for the complaints. Perhaps that is working as meant and Pixel house owners are simply caught off guard; or perhaps Google broke one thing. It would not be the primary time.
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Ryan Whitwam
The surprising look of Notification Cooldown within the replace might need one thing to do with the reviews—it is on by default.
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Ryan Whitwam
In 2022, Google launched an replace that weakened haptic suggestions on the Pixel 6, making it so gentle that folks have been lacking calls. Google launched a repair for the issue a number of weeks later. If there’s one thing flawed with the brand new Pixel Drop, it is a extra refined downside. Folks cannot even essentially clarify the way it’s totally different, however most appear to agree that it’s.
After testing a number of Pixel telephones each earlier than and after the replace, there could also be some reality to the complaints. The size and depth of haptic notification suggestions really feel totally different on a Pixel 9 Professional XL post-update, however our Pixel 9 Professional feels the identical after putting in the Pixel Drop. The totally different fashions might merely have been tuned otherwise within the replace, or there could possibly be a bug concerned. We have reached out to Google to ask about this potential problem and have been instructed the Pixel staff is actively investigating the reviews.
Up to date on 3/7/2025 with remark from Google.
