Pixel owners on Android 16 are having edge-to-edge issues with the Routines creator and editor in the Google Home app.
When creating or editing Routines in the Automations tab, some interface elements are appearing underneath the status (close ‘x’ and checkmark) and/or navigation bar (Remove action). Meanwhile, page titles are obscured by the front-facing camera.
When using 3-button navigation, “Remove action” appears underneath the nav bar and cannot be tapped. The same thing happens to the “Save” button, but it peeks above just enough that it can be tapped.
That isn’t an issue with gesture navigation, but nobody can save Actions after you’ve customized them. For example, you can’t actually set a light color from the fullscreen picker. One workaround (when using gesture nav) is rotating to landscape orientation to hit the checkmark. You can also use the system-level gesture/button to go back
The issue here is how apps targeting Android 16 can no longer opt-out of going edge-to-edge, with Google Home needing to move everything up/down a bit.
Hopefully, this will be available by the next update. It’s currently an issue with Google Home 3.34 on Pixel phones. Samsung devices we checked aren’t impacted.
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