Android 13 QPR1 update may break your Pixel’s multitasking, beware
This information comes from Adam Conway from XDA Developers. It happened to him, as he detailed on Twitter. This basically rendered his Pixel 7 Pro useless. He showed everyone the issue in a short video too. Did he find a solution? Well, no, not yet. He tried switching off the navigation buttons, but the home swipe gesture doesn’t seem to be working. That’s not all, though, he tried a bunch of things to amend the issue. Restarting did not help, nor did changing the default home launcher. Clearing the Pixel Launcher data and cache did nothing, nor did changing back to gesture navigation. He also tried booting into safe mode, and flashing the update again via adb. None of that helped, but the problem persists.
You may want stick to your current software version… for now
Needless to say, this is a major problem as it does render the phone practically useless. So, if you were planning to update to Android 13 QPR1, you may want to hold that thought. So, for the time being, you may want to hold off on updating. This doesn’t seem to be an isolated case, and if there’s a chance your phone may break following the update… well, that’s not a risk many people are willing to date. Sure, if you’re using it as your secondary device, or something of the sort, then you may risk it, but we wouldn’t recommend it for daily driver use. Chances are Google will patch this up soon, but we’ll have to wait and see.
