Formally unveiled and put up for pre-order nearly two weeks in the past and launched in earnest on August 22, the
Pixel 9 Professional XL is… not an ideal cellphone. Whereas that is clearly true for any cellular gadget in the marketplace at present (sure, even your private favourite), Google’s scorching new 6.8-inch large appears to be infuriating fairly a couple of early adopters with at the very least one decidedly sudden and albeit unacceptable flaw.
What’s up with the Pixel 9 Professional XL’s wi-fi charging function?
On paper, the largest (non-foldable) member of
Google‘s newest ultra-high-end handset household is able to 37W wired charging and as much as 23-watt speeds wirelessly. These are respectable however removed from mind-blowing numbers in an trade the place
Realme is nearly able to hit a brand new 320W document (with a wire, after all), and but the true drawback is that a number of
Pixel 9 Professional XL customers proper now cannot make the most of the cellphone’s wi-fi charging performance. In any respect.
The Pixel 9 Professional XL just isn’t even working correctly alongside the Pixel Stand 2 proper now. | Picture Credit score — Google
It isn’t clear (simply but) what’s inflicting the issue, and whereas its gravity is (as all the time) bigger for some of us than others, most impacted customers declare that their Pixel 9 Professional XL models are capable of cost wirelessly for a minute or two, after which they refuse to go any additional, not to mention full the duty.
Earlier than you even assume it, no, the difficulty is most undoubtedly not generated by way of any shady, no-name, or raggedy outdated third-party charger. That is as a result of some victims of this troublesome bug are apparently attempting to cost the flowery new Pixel 9 Professional XL with an equally fancy Pixel Stand (2nd Gen), which is clearly neither of these three issues.
Many failed wi-fi charging assessments had been additionally purportedly carried out with out cellphone circumstances that would intrude with the function, in order that’s one other potential wrongdoer you may eradicate from the checklist of ordinary suspects. Sadly, meaning there’s nearly actually one thing unsuitable with the handset itself, though for what it is value, we’ve some excellent news to report as nicely.
Will a future software program replace make things better?
Till Google says so, we clearly cannot be certain, however what makes us optimistic is that there seems to be
no gadget overheating at play right here. Not whereas
charging attempting to cost, and never whereas doing absolutely anything else. That strongly suggests the difficulty is the truth is software program moderately than hardware-related, which implies an replace may (theoretically) iron out all of the kinks… eventually.
The Pixel 9 Professional XL has the potential to be an incredible cellphone. | Picture Credit score — PhoneArena
In the meanwhile, all that the corporate has (allegedly) informed one Redditor is that the bug is “recognized” and at the moment being investigated “with engineering.” It is in all probability smart to attend for an official assertion on the matter earlier than getting too excited (or too indignant), and till then, you need to completely attempt to contact the corporate and element your private expertise if you happen to’re encountering any points in any way.
You possibly can very simply try this by
utilizing the “Ship suggestions about this gadget” choice in your “About cellphone” menu, and as all the time, together with as many particulars as attainable is strongly suggested. The wi-fi charging glitch might not be unique to the
Pixel 9 Professional XL, thoughts you, with a few on-line reviews suggesting it is also occurring on the “vanilla”
Pixel 9 mannequin.
Hopefully, Google will be capable of put every little thing so as earlier than the non-XL
Pixel 9 Professional and the
Pixel 9 Professional Fold begin delivery subsequent week. If not, you may all the time attempt completely different wi-fi chargers within the hopes that one will work (which appears to randomly be the case right here and there proper now), or simply hug a wall the quaint means till this drawback goes away for good.
