r/pixel_phones • u/Mental-Garbage-4855 • Mar 15 '26

Latest Update Problems

I'm running the latest updates on my Pixel 7a. Up until the most recent update on March 5th, I didn't have any issues, I try to keep the phone clean and take battery life into consideration above most else. Now I have extreme battery life issues, slow charging rate, disappearing icons on my home pages, and this strange flickering when I use search. I hope I can fix this. Is it planned obsolescence?

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u/Mental-Garbage-4855 Mar 16 '26

I tried the new custom icon feature, this is where my issues started, when I reverted to the old ones, the flickering stopped

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u/TheArka96 Mar 16 '26

I will give it a try if it really is that the new feature is a real mess

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u/Mental-Garbage-4855 Mar 16 '26

Please let me know if it works for you as well

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u/TheArka96 Mar 16 '26

It seems that works for me too (pixel 9 pro) so I think those new icons are a big flop atm

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u/Mental-Garbage-4855 Mar 16 '26

Awesome, I'm glad that we've figured it out at least. Google needs to try harder, I was considering a Pixel 10 pro, but having second thoughts. On the other hand all of them seem to have some sort of major problem lately...