Android 17 is causing touchscreen issues for some Pixel owners — but there’s a potential workaround
Android 17 is causing touchscreen issues for some Pixel owners — but there’s a potential workaround
Publish Date: 2026-06-22 06:50:00
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- Android 17 is causing touchscreen issues for a number of Pixel owners
- Google is aware of the issue and has suggested some solutions, but these seemingly haven’t worked for most people
- Another fix suggested on Reddit appears to work better, but still not for everyone
Android 17 hasn’t had the smoothest of starts, with some early updaters reporting issues with Wi-Fi and 5G connections, and now yet another bug has emerged — this time affecting the touchscreen.
According to various Reddit users (via Android Authority), the update to Android 17 has led to touchscreen issues, including the screen scrolling in the opposite direction to the one they swiped, completely ignoring taps, and there being dead zones where the screen is unresponsive.
It’s hard to say how widespread this issue is, but there are multiple Reddit threads about it, and it has also been submitted to Google’s issue tracker. So if you haven’t updated to Android 17 yet, you might want to hold off — though it seems the Google Pixel 6 series at least might be unaffected.
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The good news is that Google is aware of the bug, as not only has it been submitted to the company’s issue tracker, but an official Google account actually replied to one of the Reddit threads, suggesting a couple of possible fixes.
Various Android 17 features (Image credit: Google)
Three possible fixes
These included clearing the cache, by going to Settings Apps See all apps Pixel Launcher app Storage & cache Clear cache. If that doesn’t work the other suggestion was to boot your phone into safe mode and see if that fixes the problem.
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