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Android 17 bugs: Wi-Fi connectivity issues and other known problems on Pixel devices

Andreas Floemer

2h ago· 4 min readenNews

Summary

Android 17 has been released for Pixel 6 and newer devices, but users are reporting various bugs that were not caught during the beta phase. The most prominent issue involves Wi-Fi connectivity problems, where devices default to mobile data after the update. The article provides an overview of known bugs and initial troubleshooting steps.

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As some users are reporting on Reddit, among others, their devices are having trouble connecting to Wi-Fi after updating to Android 17.

While Google has fixed many errors in the new version, it has likely overlooked some during the months-long beta phase.

Instead, all data traffic runs over the mobile data connection.

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Google has fixed all sorts of bugs with Android 17, but introduced new ones. An overview of known bugs and how some can be fixed.

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