Delayed notifications are one of the most enduring issues with Google Pixel phones, and Google seems to be aware of the issue.
They still haven’t fixed the task switch button from the three button layout becoming non-functional after four years: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/204650736
It’s a byproduct of the home and task switch button now being managed by the Pixel Launcher regardless of which launcher you use. The animation delay makes it so the button becomes inactive and won’t be made active again until the Pixel Launcher is killed or the phone restarted.
From my perspective, Google is losing interest in maintaining Android at all.
I remember that being a super annoying problem, and then it went away. I haven’t thought about that issue in years. Maybe it only happened on my old 4a.
It’s been a constant thorn in my side on my Pixel 4 XL, my Pixel 6 Pro, and now my Pixel 8 Pro.
I confirmed with a friend that it still occurs on her Pixel 9 Pro XL.
I used to be a die hard three buttoner, but the two button layout (with swipe up from home being the task switcher), plus the nice swipe-the-button-bar to flip through tasks one by one is an improvement for me.
I use gesture navigation on mine, no buttons at all. I also use Nova launcher (with updates blocked because they just got bought by an ad company). Never had a problem!
Google is losing interest in maintaining Android at all.
Google is just starting to capitalize big on Android with its strangle hold. They’ve recently introduced tracking your device while it’s off. Scoped storage, where it excludes itself. Stock Pixel devices cannot use other gallery apps to view their images. Google requires developers to submit their key to sign their apps for Google Play Store. Google has copied almost all popular productivity apps to push their own above everyone else. And so on and so on.
Their AI stuff is probably analyzing your data on-device and sending aggregate to their servers. Which they can conflate and market as “not sending your data” but it just means not sending the raw data.
So I really doubt they’re losing interest in Android.
They’re certainly losing interest in maintaining core Android, which is closer to what I meant. Everything you’ve described is within their Play Services environment.
Some of what you’ve said is incorrect as well - I have a third party gallery that works just fine on my stock Pixel 8 Pro. Its access is just managed by a separate permission.
I kept my Incredible for over a decade, rooted it at a boring job within weeks of buying it and kept trying builds from a dev forum, kept a few on a sd and had clockwork.
I had one job that required 4, so before leaving I’d back up, then wipe, then install the 4.x build with their app on it.
At the end of the day I’d wipe and restore the 3.x build I was using, by the time I got home it was back to the way it was.
This is what I want in a phone again, not hide and seek with predatory data companies. Not only that, but it was fun and I learned things.
Try switching to gestures. I haven’t had that problem on my Pixel 6A and I only use gestures (imo they are way better and more convenient to use.
Gestures are not better for me and my situation. Please stop suggesting that I work against my better interests.
They are objectively slower and less precise, just to start with.
What? You say that like I say that constantly to you.
I just suggested what works for me. Calm down mate.
Also for me they are objectively faster since I have to move my fingers less. Especially the back gesture which is miles better than the button. I very rarely use the app switcher. It’s easier to just swipe to the next app or go to the home screen and open the app again.
