If you’ve updated to Android 16 and noticed that your Google Pixel device is slower to wake up or get past the lockscreen, you’re not alone.
The initial Android 16 release for Google Pixel devices doesn’t really feel any different from Android 15, but there are some changes under the hood in preparation for the future. The update is, overall, pretty stable, but some Google Pixel owners have found an issue.
On the stable Android 16 release, some are reporting that their Google Pixel’s display is slow to wake up and get to the lockscreen following this latest update. The issue, reported across multiple threads on Google’s forums and Reddit, leaves the device either slow to wake up when the screen is tapped, when the power button is pressed, or both. When the screen does finally come to life, the lockscreen lags a bit when going through to the rest of Android.
For obvious reasons, that’s a bit frustrating.
Notably, my own Pixel 9 Pro Fold experiences this on the Android 16 QPR1 beta release, but users are reporting this on the stable Android 16 update.
Some users say that a reboot temporarily fixes the problem, but it seems to be persistent. Google, as far as we’ve seen, hasn’t acknowledged the problem or promised a fix, but there are just enough reports of this behavior that it’s almost certainly we’ll see a fix in the not-too-distant future.
If you’re seeing lockscreen issues on Android 16 on your Pixel, let us know in the comments below.
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