The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro are finally available to buy in 17 markets around the world. That means many of you who had pre-orders locked in from day one will likely have already unboxed your precious new Pixels and admired the polished design, tested their stellar cameras, and breathed a sigh of relief that the in-display fingerprint scanner is totally fine this time.
But the Pixel 6 series’ wonky fingerprint reader wasn’t the only reasonable gripe folks had with the Pixel 7 duo’s predecessors. One particular grumble affected the most fundamental part of any phone — smart or otherwise. That’s right, we’re talking about those pesky reception issues that led to hundreds, if not thousands, of taps on the airplane mode to force a connection in order to make a call or resume a morbid session of doomscrolling. It wasn’t a problem that every Pixel 6 or Pixel 6 Pro owner encountered, but for those that did suffer the connectivity headaches, it was more like a frequent yet familiar migraine.