New Pixel 10 Screens Are Freezing With Bizarre 'snowy' Static - What To Do If You See It

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ZDNET's cardinal takeaways

• Pixel 10 devices are being affected by a surface glitch.
• The glitch covers nan surface successful static-like snow.
• For now, Google is investigating, but there's nary fix.

The Google Pixel 10 series has only been disposable for astir 2 weeks, but users are already encountering immoderate large glitches.

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Over nan past respective days, users of some nan Pixel 10 and nan Pixel 10 Pro have been reporting a "snow" that wholly overtakes nan screen. The champion measurement to picture it is for illustration nan fixed that appeared connected an older TV pinch nary signal, isolated from it's colorful.

When 1 personification shared their experience, respective much chimed successful to opportunity it had happened to them too.

Google is investigating

As scary arsenic this rumor looks (especially for a telephone hardly retired of nan box), astir users opportunity nan problem yet goes distant connected its own. The surface is responsive during and aft nan glitch, but your instrumentality is unusable while nan surface is snowy.

Google hasn't issued a fix, but it is investigating nan issue. In consequence to respective users who reported nan problem, nan charismatic PixelCommunity relationship connected Reddit reached retired for much details.

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The Pixel 8 Pro had similar issues astatine launch, and nan issues were truthful bad that Google offered wholly caller replacement devices to customers. The Pixel 7 bid and nan Pixel 5 bid saw nan aforesaid snowy surface problem.

What to do if your Pixel 10 surface is snowy

Since it's not clear what's causing this issue, location isn't a measurement to resoluteness it correct now different than restarting your instrumentality and hoping for nan best.

If you're experiencing nan issue, it would beryllium a bully thought to contact Pixel support moreover if your surface fixes itself. You tin scope them done your phone's settings app (Settings > Tips & support > Contact us). If you're connected a browser, usage Pixel Phone Help.

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If this does move retired to beryllium a hardware problem, Google will apt inquire users to nonstop their instrumentality successful for repair aliases replacement. If it's software-based, an over-the-air update will astir apt hole things. For Pixel users who conscionable sewage their devices, let's dream it's nan latter.

I've reached retired to Google for much specifications connected what's happening aliases if there's a resolution.