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 the surface successful static-like snow.
• For now, Google is investigating, but there's nary fix.

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

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Over the past respective days, users of some the Pixel 10 and the Pixel 10 Pro have been reporting a "snow" that wholly overtakes the screen. The champion mode to picture it is similar the static that appeared connected an older TV with nary signal, but it's colorful.

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

Google is investigating

As scary arsenic this contented looks (especially for a telephone hardly retired of the box), astir users accidental the occupation yet goes distant connected its own. The surface is responsive during and aft the glitch, but your instrumentality is unusable portion the surface is snowy.

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

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

What to bash if your Pixel 10 surface is snowy

Since it's not wide what's causing this issue, determination isn't a mode to resoluteness it close present different than restarting your instrumentality and hoping for the best.

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

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If this does crook retired to beryllium a hardware problem, Google volition apt inquire users to nonstop their instrumentality successful for repair oregon replacement. If it's software-based, an over-the-air update volition astir apt hole things. For Pixel users who conscionable got their devices, let's anticipation it's the latter.

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