Trouble in paradise: Google Pixel 9 Pro XL facing touchscreen issues

Earlier this week, some Pixel 9 Pro XL users reported a camera issue that involved video recordings that flipped at certain zoom levels and lens changes. The complaints started with a Reddit thread that was initiated on August 26th, which is still live and can be accessed here. Wireless charging-related problems were reported as well at the end of last month, and now the time has come for the touchscreen. Sadly, it looks like some owners of Google's handset are having problems using them due to the fact that touch input in the screen's corners fails to be detected.

One of the Reddit threads concerning this problem was started 11 days ago by Lean_account. The last post is dated three days ago, and most replies to the initial report confirm this issue. Sadly, this has been confirmed by Google to be an RMA situation. Reddit user Mx772, who started a similar thread, was contacted by the official Google account PixelCommunity and received the aforementioned confirmation.

For now, the temporary fix is to reboot the phone. Those who cannot live with this solution for a while can also choose to return the handset and hope to receive a new one without such problems. Since it seems that Google will address this issue in October with the Android 15 (now in Beta 1.1 stage) update, the problem is most likely software-related. As usual, we will keep an eye on this story and get back with an update as soon as possible. Google has not issued an official statement yet, so it might just issue an update later this month to iron out the problem silently.

On Amazon, the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL with 128 GB currently goes for $1,099. The color choices available for this size are Hazel, Obsidian, and Porcelain.