Overview
- Reports that surfaced Wednesday and Thursday describe two separate, sporadic faults: sudden loud speaker “pop” sounds when opening or closing apps and incoming calls that produce no ring, vibration, or visible alert.
- Users on multiple Pixel generations — including Pixel 7, 8, the Pixel 9 and 10 series and the Pixel 10 Pro Fold — say the problems occur across devices and markets rather than on a single model.
- Coverage and community troubleshooting note that hardware repairs have not permanently fixed the issues, which points to a software regression in audio routing or call handling as the likely cause.
- Affected users are testing inconsistent mitigations such as disabling Adaptive Sound or Spatial Sound, toggling Wi‑Fi calling, clearing the phone app cache, and resetting network settings, with some fixes costing saved Wi‑Fi and Bluetooth pairings.
- Google has not issued an official comment or patch, users have filed reports on the Google Issue Tracker, and the faults are causing missed calls and stress for people who rely on their phones for urgent alerts.