{"id":248900,"date":"2026-05-18T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/pixel-owners-are-missing-calls-because-vibrate-mode-isnt-vibrating\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T18:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T22:55:08","slug":"pixel-owners-are-missing-calls-because-vibrate-mode-isnt-vibrating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/18\/pixel-owners-are-missing-calls-because-vibrate-mode-isnt-vibrating\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixel owners are missing calls because vibrate mode isn\u2019t vibrating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-phones-not-vibrating-3668247\/\">Pixel owners are missing calls because vibrate mode isn\u2019t vibrating<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-phones-not-vibrating-3668247\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-phones-not-vibrating-3668247\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-18 18:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe Maring \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some Pixel owners say their phones aren\u2019t vibrating for incoming calls, causing missed calls even when vibrate mode is enabled.<\/li>\n<li>Reddit users have suggested fixes involving the Phone app\u2019s incoming call notifications and the Ring vibration slider.<\/li>\n<li>Google\u2019s Pixel Community account has contacted some affected users, while one Redditor claims Google emailed them a checklist of things to try.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pixel phones can do a lot to help you avoid calls you don\u2019t want, but some owners are running into the opposite problem: missing calls they very much did want. Pixel users say their phones aren\u2019t vibrating for incoming calls, even when vibrate mode is enabled.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"e__t\">Does your Pixel have issues after the March 2026 update?<\/h3>\n<p>1331 votes<\/p>\n<p>Yes, my Pixel is ruined.<\/p>\n<p>30%<\/p>\n<p>There are some issues, but I can work around them.<\/p>\n<p>10%<\/p>\n<p>No issues with my Pixel so far.<\/p>\n<p>57%<\/p>\n<p>Anything else (comment below!)<\/p>\n<p>4%<\/p>\n<p>The reports vary a bit across several Reddit threads (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), but the general complaint remains the same. The phone doesn\u2019t vibrate when calls come in, and the user only finds out later from a missed-call notification. In one thread, a Pixel 8 Pro owner said the missed-call notification specifically showed \u201cSilent mode activated,\u201d even though vibration was turned on and no rules were enabled. Other commenters describe similar behavior on a variety of Pixel models. Even if the cause could be user-related in some cases, there are enough reports to suggest a bug or a recent update may be to blame.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_rg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The good news is that some Pixel owners say they\u2019ve found fixes. One commonly suggested route is to go to Settings  Apps  Phone  Notifications  Incoming calls and make sure vibration is enabled there. Another fix that appears in multiple comments is to go to Settings  Sound &#038; vibration  Vibration &#038; haptics, move the Ring vibration slider down, then back up, and avoid leaving it at 100%.<\/p>\n<p>That second&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-phones-not-vibrating-3668247\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pixel owners are missing calls because vibrate mode isn\u2019t vibrating https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-pixel-phones-not-vibrating-3668247\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-18 18:00:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":248901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/google-pixel-10-pro-quick-settings-hero-1-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-248900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248900"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":248902,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248900\/revisions\/248902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}