Pixel 7 owners encountered a bug that causes their phones to freeze while watching videos in fullscreen on the YouTube and YouTube TV apps.
owners are experiencing the issue when watching videos on YouTube or on YouTube TV in fullscreen mode. Occasionally, if they try to leave either app by swiping up on the navigation bar, their phones freeze.says that their team hasn’t encountered the issue on other video streaming apps, but that doesn’t mean it’s only a YouTube problem. The freezing never occurs when watching videos in the regular player, only when the video is playing fullscreen.
“The Pixel 7 and 7 Pro will freeze, with the screen/YouTube [videos] going static and touchscreen taps/swipes no longer accepted,” writes Abner Li for. “That said, audio might continue to play. For some, hardware buttons become entirely unresponsive, though others are able to lock their device after a moment.”in which a few Pixel 7 owners complained about similar problems cropping up on their phones.
“Yes it has happened to me 3-4 times over the last couple of weeks,” one user responded. “Very annoying as you cannot even restart the phone. You have to wait until it restarts itself.”, you can speed up this process by holding down the power button until the phone restarts. Hopefully, Google will fix whatever is causing the issue in a future update, but until then, be careful when you go fullscreen.
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