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TL;DR
- Some Pixel owners say the December update stopped the notification shade from opening normally in One-Handed Mode.
- Reports span several models, but others say theirs still works, so the issue isn’t universal.
- Google hasn’t documented any changes to One-Handed Mode; we’ve reached out to the company for comment.
A handful of Pixel owners claim that the December Pixel update may have inadvertently broken one of the commonly used gestures. Several online reports claim that the notification shade can no longer be pulled down once One-Handed Mode is active, a feature that was working normally before the latest update.
The first report appeared on Google’s Pixel Support page, where a Pixel 9 Pro owner said they were suddenly unable to open the notification panel after triggering One-Handed Mode. Similar complaints then surfaced on Reddit here and here, with users on devices ranging from the Pixel 9 Pro to the Pixel 10 Pro XL reporting that the same gesture no longer works after the update.