{"id":275678,"date":"2026-06-19T03:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T07:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T04:35:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T08:35:26","slug":"android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 17 is making Pixel widgets vanish, but Google already has a fix in the works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works\">Android 17 is making Pixel widgets vanish, but Google already has a fix in the works<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works\">https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-19 03:10:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidcentral.com\">www.androidcentral.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-you-need-to-know-3\">What you need to know<\/h2>\n<ul id=\"elk-11a86fac-5c72-4752-aebd-7b5e26ade309\">\n<li>Some Android 17 users report home screen widgets disappearing after installing the stable update.<\/li>\n<li>The bug appears limited to devices that have a work profile configured on the phone.<\/li>\n<li>Google has acknowledged the issue and says a software update with a fix is already in development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-93493f32-f15e-440f-b14e-0de435bf77aa\">If you&#8217;re facing an issue where widgets are disappearing from your home screen after updating to Android 17, Google is already aware of the problem and says a fix is on the way.<\/p>\n<p>Google released the stable Android 17 update to the public this week, and Pixel devices have already started receiving it. While the rollout has generally been smooth, shipping a major Android release without a few bugs is never easy. One issue that has surfaced affects home screen widgets for some users.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, widgets are randomly disappearing after updating to Android 17. Thankfully, the bug appears to be limited to users who have a work profile set up on their phone. If you don&#8217;t use a work profile, you&#8217;re unlikely to run into this issue.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/c8t5znsqpd1648225513.svg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/flexiimages\/c8t5znsqpd1648225513.svg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] max-h-12 w-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.22%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The At a Glance widget on the Pixel 10\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-1200-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/JvHZSo8pjw9StxB5jkVXmn.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Android Central)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cb32d63f-56ee-4c5c-a72b-865c1a6e8a03\">The good news is that Google has already acknowledged the bug. Android Community Engagement Manager Mishaal Rahman confirmed on Reddit that the company is &#8220;aware of this bug (it seems to affect Work Profile users) and that a fix will be rolled out in a software update soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-cb32d63f-56ee-4c5c-a72b-865c1a6e8a03-1\">Users affected by the issue say they lost access to their home screen widgets immediately after installing Android 17. Right now, there isn&#8217;t really a proper workaround available other than removing the work profile entirely.<\/p>\n<p>        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you do remove the work profile, restart the phone, and then manually re-add the widgets, they should return. However, if you rely on your work profile, you&#8217;ll unfortunately have to choose between keeping it enabled or having access to your widgets for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>Google hasn&#8217;t provided a timeline for the fix yet, but based on the&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidcentral.com\/apps-software\/android-os\/android-17-is-making-pixel-widgets-vanish-but-google-already-has-a-fix-in-the-works\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Android 17 is making Pixel widgets vanish, but Google already has a fix in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":275679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/57qH5Wqatu2zEmQTFDqLnD-2560-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72],"class_list":["post-275678","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\/275678"}],"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=275678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":275680,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275678\/revisions\/275680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}