Google’s trying to market the new Pixel and Pixel XL phones as premium, market-leading devices, and a big part of that is nailing the software experience. Alas, quite a few owners of Google’s first-party phones aren’t feeling particularly premium as of late: this lengthy discussion on Google’s product forum documents a series of as-yet-unexplained software freezes and lockups. Commonalities among the users seem to be a complete freeze of the interface that lasts several seconds to several minutes, including disappearing navigation buttons.
Some Pixel owners are experiencing random software freezes was written by the awesome team at Android Police.