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TL;DR Several Google Pixel Watch owners say the Find My Phone/ring feature stopped working after a recent software update.
Users discovered a temporary workaround: asking Gemini directly on the watch to find the phone still appears to work for many people.
Google has acknowledged the issue on Reddit and says a fix is currently in development for a future update.
One of my favorite Pixel Watch features is the ability to make my phone ring when it disappears under a blanket or into the couch. It’s a tool you don’t think about much until it suddenly stops working — and apparently, that’s exactly what’s happening to a growing number of Pixel Watch owners.
A recent Reddit post from Silent_Polak reported that the Find My Phone/ring feature on their Pixel Watch stopped working after a software update. According to the owner, they’ve been using the Google Pixel Watch 3 for nearly a year without any trouble, and the issue only appeared after installing the latest update.
What makes this more concerning is how many people jumped into the thread saying they were relieved they weren’t alone. Several users claimed the same thing happened to them immediately after updating their watches, while others said they use the option constantly and were frustrated to suddenly lose it.
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That frustration even led some owners to start hunting for temporary fixes. One poster in the thread shared a workaround that surprisingly seems to help. They explained that the Watch app on their phone had become unusable after the update, opening and immediately crashing every time they tapped it. Restarting both their Google Pixel 10 and Pixel Watch didn’t solve the problem either.
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