With its Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, Google has crafted some pretty fantastic smartphones in terms of the experience they offer. However, they’re still not quite perfect. Over the past few days as more consumers have gotten their hands on the new devices, some nasty issues have cropped up. It seems there’s a memory management issue on our hands. The good news is that the bulk of the issues people have uncovered so far on the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are indeed software issues that can likely be fixed with relative ease thanks to software updates.
The silver lining in this is that these are Pixel phones from Google, not Android phones from another vendor. That means updates will come fast since they come directly from Google instead of having to be reworked by vendors and tested by carriers. The most notable problems that are currently circulating on social media are:
- Memory Management issue
- Second notch problem
Memory Management problem
Over the past several days, hundreds of Pixel 3 owners have reported some strange behavior with their devices. A huge number of users are noting some memory management issues which results in background apps being killed, camera issues, and more. There are many examples of this, with one of the most prevalent being music apps such as Spotify being stopped mid-playback when taking a picture with the camera. Further examples of what is going on include apps reloading far more than usual. Some users have noted that apps on the Pixel 3 seem to require being reloaded much more quickly, with the phone sometimes even struggling to keep 2-3 apps in memory at a time. Another example with seemingly the same underlying cause is a camera bug which can cause images not to save or parts of a video to disappear.
Second notch problem
This problem is particularly strange. Without any reason, a second notch suddenly appears on the Pixel 3 XL screen. Many users have gone to Reddit to report this problem and express their disappointment. Google responded back by assuring that an update is rolling out soon which will solve this problem.
Most likely, Google can fix a lot of these problems in an update to make the memory management less aggressive. Will that affect the performance? It’s tough to say, but one can only hope Google can sort this all out. Google has yet to comment on the Pixel 3’s memory issues.
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