Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro customers are complaining of random cracks showing on their smartphones. Customers have taken to the corporate’s assist boards and Reddit to allege that the entrance glass of their new Google Pixel smartphones are “spontaneously” cracking. It seems {that a} bigger variety of Google Pixel 6 Pro smartphones customers have been affected, in comparison with the vanilla Pixel 6 variant. Google is but to make clear if it is a manufacturing defect. Separately, the corporate has quickly disabled two Assistant-enabled options, Hold For Me and Call Screen, on Pixel 6 smartphones because of a bug within the December replace.

Users of Google’s not too long ago launched Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro smartphones have taken to Reddit and Google Support boards to complain about cracks showing on their smartphone shows, as first spotted by Android Police. Readers may recall that these handsets are outfitted with Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, which is marketed because the hardest obtainable protecting show protecting for smartphones. A small variety of customers have additionally shared photographs of the cracked shows on their smartphones on the discussion board.

The picture on the left was shared by consumer Nikolai Pitchforth, whereas the picture on the fitting was shared by consumer Ash10wolde on the corporate’s assist discussion board
Photo Credit: Google Support Forum

According to a consumer who claims their smartphone was at all times in a Google case and “has never been dropped or sat on”, the corporate’s guarantee helpline responded saying that “screens don’t just crack”. Another consumer states that they have been utilizing a Spigen case and observed a hairline crack from the highest left to the underside proper of the display screen whereas charging their telephone within the automobile.

A majority of the complaints from clients seem like from house owners of the bigger Pixel 6 Pro smartphone, which sports activities a curved show. The assist thread on the corporate’s discussion board had 27 responses from clients, and Google was but to reply to the complaints on the time of publishing.

Gadgets 360 has reached out to the corporate for a touch upon the problem and can replace this area as soon as the corporate responds.

In one other Pixel 6-relates improvement, Google has reportedly paused each Call Screening and Hold For Me Google Assistant-enabled options on Pixel 6 smartphones. A Product Support Manager stated in a assist thread that the corporate was disabling the characteristic on Pixel 6 handsets working on the Android 12 December QPR launch, till it “fixes underlying problems”.

The Call Screen characteristic permits Pixel house owners in supported areas to display screen calls from unknown numbers utilizing the Google Assistant, whereas the Hold For Me characteristic permits customers to carry out different duties whereas their telephone stays on maintain (for them) throughout a name. The options are at the moment disabled on Pixel 6 smartphones which have the December replace put in (resembling construct quantity SQ1D.211205.016.A4) and needs to be enabled once more as soon as the bugs are resolved.