{"id":46810,"date":"2025-08-06T01:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46810\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T01:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:15:08","slug":"google-is-rolling-out-a-fix-for-pixel-back-button-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/46810\/","title":{"rendered":"Google is rolling out a fix for Pixel back button issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Google\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/362911257?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August Pixel update<\/a> includes a fix for Android\u2019s three-button navigation and gesture navigation systems becoming unresponsive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The issues appear to have started popping up shortly after the official release of Android 16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/684601\/android-16-launch-live-updates-notifications\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in June<\/a>. Ever since that update, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lb4dyf\/3button_navigation_on_android_16_is_broken\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">user said that<\/a> navigation has been \u201ca complete mess\u201d and that they ran into issues with buttons being \u201ccompletely unresponsive\u201d or delays of \u201cover 30 seconds\u201d on their Pixel 8 Pro. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/1lb4dyf\/3button_navigation_on_android_16_is_broken\/my90zrt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">user said<\/a> they had to occasionally press the back button \u201ca few times\u201d on their Pixel 9 to get the phone to register it. The swipe gesture to navigate back also occasionally stopped working, as noticed <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ArtemR\/status\/1933934882624778382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1933934882624778382%7Ctwgr%5E8b2351afd0f77830b3c6f961201161dd075e059e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpolice.com%2Faugust-2025-google-pixel-update-back-button-finally-fixed%2F\" rel=\"nofollow\">by Android Police\u2019s Artem Russakovskii<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Google\u2019s patch notes only vaguely say that the issues would happen under \u201ccertain conditions.\u201d In addition to general stability improvements, the update also fixes an issue where a scheduled dark theme wouldn\u2019t work. It also includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/source.android.com\/docs\/security\/bulletin\/pixel\/2025-08-01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">security fix<\/a> for a high severity remote code execution vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The update is rolling out now for Pixel 6 devices and newer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s August Pixel update includes a fix for Android\u2019s three-button navigation and gesture navigation systems becoming unresponsive. 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