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Robert Triggs \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n
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TL;DR<\/p>\n
A couple of Pixel 9 Pro Fold owners have received a Pixel 11 Pro Fold as a replacement after hardware issues.
\nThis appears to be part of a wider Pixel 9 Pro Fold bug, with issues ranging from a non-functional display to dead front cameras.
\nIt\u2019s hard to gauge how severe this problem is right now, but it may be wise to contact Google support if your Pixel 9 Pro Fold is facing similar trouble.<\/p>\n
Regardless of which Android smartphone<\/a> you get, it can run into problems over its lifetime. In some cases, the severity of the issue can prompt manufacturers to offer a full replacement. But what happens when there\u2019s no replacement device available? Well, a Pixel 9 Pro Fold user has just found out.<\/p>\n According to a user on Reddit<\/a>, their 256GB Pixel 9 Pro Fold \u201csuddenly developed an issue with the front cameras.\u201d After reaching out to Google support for a solution, the company appears to have approved a 512GB Pixel 11 Pro Fold<\/a> as the replacement.<\/p>\n One might expect Google to still have some Pixel 10 Pro Fold units in its warehouses to use as replacements, but evidently it doesn\u2019t. Receiving a 512GB version may indicate the company was running low on the 256GB model.<\/p>\n Additionally, the user claims<\/a> Google is offering a three-year extended warranty on the Pixel 9 Pro Fold, adding<\/a> that their foldable was out of standard warranty and had no insurance either. We\u2019re seeing a similar user report on Reddit<\/a> from just over a week ago, though it doesn\u2019t mention the front camera at all, suggesting this may be part of a broader replacement program.<\/p>\n Some digging online reveals multiple reports<\/a> from Pixel 9 Pro Fold users last year about<\/a> a problem with the front cameras<\/a> where they simply won\u2019t work. However, it\u2019s unclear whether the person who got the Pixel 11 Pro Fold as a replacement faced the same front camera issues.<\/p>\n If your Pixel 9 Pro Fold shows similar symptoms, it may be worth contacting Google support about a possible replacement. We have written to Google about this incident and asked for clarification on the user\u2019s claims about a three-year extended warranty for the hardware problems. We\u2019ll update the article when we hear back.<\/p>\n In the past, Google has replaced a Pixel phone with a newer variant, as some<\/a> Pixel 5a customers<\/a> learned in 2023. We\u2019ve also seen this with the HUAWEI-made Nexus 6P nearly a decade ago, when customers were briefly provided the newer Pixel XL as a replacement<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Robert Triggs \/ Android Authority Add Android Authority on Google: TL;DR A couple of Pixel 9 Pro Fold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1711,59071,91803,61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-669231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-google","tag-google-pixel-11","tag-google-pixel-9-pro-fold","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Pixel](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Pixel-11-Pro-Fold-9-Pro-Fold-Replacement-Reddit.jpeg\"\/ "\\"Pixel")
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