Bizarre! Google Pixel 7 CRASHES mysteriously while playing an YouTube Video called 'Aliens'
The Google Pixel 7 series was launched in October 2022 with advanced machine learning and AI-features and a new and powerful Google Tensor G2 chipset. However, the latest smartphone is suffering from a mysterious issue. Some users have reported that the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro smartphones are crashing and and then rebooting on their own while playing a specific YouTube video. Shockingly, the reason behind this glitch and the reason why it is happening with one particular video at the moment is not known. Check the details below.
According to a report by 9to5Google, the issue was first reported in a Reddit thread where multiple users complained about the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones mysteriously crashing and rebooting the moment a YouTube Video was played. The video in question is a 4K HDR clip from the Aliens movie. It appears that the issue only occurs when loading the video.
Mishaal Rahman, a freelance journalist, has also reported on the incident. In a tweet, he said, “Some Pixel 6/6a users also report that their devices rebooted when playing this video, but others' (and mine) did not. This may not affect your device if you're on the Android 13 QPR2 beta release. Also, some Pixel 7 users on the beta said their devices were unaffected”.
At present, it appears that only a few devices are suffering from this problem. There haven't been any issues relating to the Google Pixel 6 Pro model. However, Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6a have suffered the issue. So, the issue is not limited to only the latest generation of Pixel smartphones.
Some experts believe that the issue could be emerging from the colorspace option in display, as it was the centerpoint for previous issues in Google Pixel smartphones, notably in Pixel 2 when the
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